Employees from the Nairobi Hospital have been affected by rationalisation as the hospital disengages with all staff who have perennial performance issues or were implicated in unethical practices during forensic audits of the hospital’s operations
The hospital has laid off more than 200 workers in a move termed as cutting costs.
In a statement, the hospital noted that, while their structure will have less staff in some categories, such as support services, more staff will be engaged in core clinical and nursing services.
“…to achieve an optimal balance between the skills and demand from our patients,” read the statement.
In an internal memo dated March 25, 2021, Nairobi Hospital CEO James Nyamongo accused some staffers of sharing false information about restructuring on social media.
“We have noted there is a post circulating on social media with misguided information about reduction of staff. This information is distorted and makes false allegations about the performance of the hospital,” said Nyamongo.
“As we follow up on the fake news, let all our staff know that sharing and distorting internal communication between management and staff is a serious breach of employment regulations. Any staff found to have breached the regulations will be subject to sanctions including instant dismissal.”
Covid-19 has presented significant challenges to healthcare systems as hospitals continue to experience troublingly low numbers of inpatients and outpatients.