Nakuru residents should be able to access drugs in all dispensaries and health centres in Nakuru by close of business Friday.

Medical health services Chief Officer Dr John Murima said all level two, level three and some of the level four hospitals in the county have received their batch of drugs dispatched by the county on Wednesday.

The consignment of drugs and non-pharmaceuticals worth Sh 45 million were flagged off by Governor Susan Kihika in efforts to curb drug shortage in the health facilities.

Dr Murima indicated that the county had distributed the drugs to the hospitals in about eight sub counties and will be finalizing the process this week.

“We started with hospitals in the rural sub counties which were in dire need of the drugs as we move to those in the urban centres,” said Dr Murima.

The consignment consisted of medical equipment used in laboratories, dental, oncology, public health and renal among other areas.

The drugs are worth Sh25 million while non-pharmaceuticals worth Sh20 million destined to level two, level three and level four low volume hospitals

In her speech during the flagging off of the medical equipment, Governor Kihika cautioned health officials against theft of the medical essentials which have always found their way into private hospitals.

She thus issued a directive to migrate services to digital platforms which she said will ensure accountability of the products.

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