Nyeri starts process to hire 170 health workers
The process of recruiting 170 health workers to serve in the Nyeri Healthcare department has started, Nyeri Governor Mutahi Kahiga has revealed.
Kahiga noted that the county does not have the requisite number of personnel required to attend to the number of health cases they currently attend to.
The governor said the Nyeri County Public Service Board has already started the shortlisting process of candidates while the interviews will be done before the end of this month in a bid to improve service delivery in the county’s healthcare system.
“We are still grappling with the challenge of staffing but we have taken key steps to address this. We are in the process of hiring 170 healthcare personnel across the board, among these are about 55 nurses,” he said.
Kahiga was speaking at the Nyeri Town Health Centre during the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of a Sh112 million maternity wing project.
The 35-bed capacity will be constructed at a cost of Sh70 million and is a partnership between the Nyeri county government and the Japanese Organisation for Cooperation in Family Planning (JOICFP).
Terms of the MOU which was inked in March this year state that construction of the structure will be complete in March next year to pave way for its commissioning in June 2023.
The first phase of the project will entail the construction of the facility that will host antenatal and postnatal wards, a maternal and child health clinic, a laboratory, a delivery room, a newborn unit, offices and consultation rooms. The remaining Sh40 million will be spent in the second phase on procurement of the medical equipment.
“This partnership is a major milestone towards achieving universal health coverage which is my top priority. My government is committed to providing the requisite staffing and medical supplies to guarantee optimal operationalisation and uninterrupted service delivery,” said Kahiga. -
