Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe has commissioned Oxygen Generating Plant at the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital, Eldoret.
According to Kagwe, the Oxygen Generating Plant at MTRH will produce 2,000 liters per minute of oxygen which translates to app 3.5 to 4 tons of oxygen per day.
He added that it is the biggest stand alone government facility producing this quantity of oxygen.
“In addition to this facility, there are another 20 additional oxygen plants which will be producing 8000 litres of oxygen per minute which translates 15 tones of oxygen per day,” he said.
On piped oxygen, of the 11,000 Covid beds in the country, approximately 3600 have been piped to bed terminals.
According to the Health CS, approximately 700 patients admitted in wards and Intensive Care Units (ICU) are under oxygen in the county.
Parliamentary Committee for Health Chairperson Sabina Chege who accompanied CS Kagwe lauded MTRH for good utilization of resources allocated and assured Kenyans that all was not lost by Covid-19 pandemic.
“We assure Kenyans all was not lost. With the oxygen plant, the entire region is covered the hospital is now well covered,” she said.
Also Kagwe commissioned an E-Claim system, NHIF biometric registration and identification, verification of members and delivered PPEs for use by staff at the facility.