MOH DG Patrick Amoth reveals daily cost of COVID-19 care in Kenya
By Citizen Reporter For Citizen Digital
Published on: July 10, 2020 17:57 (EAT)
A patient suffering from COVID-19 wears a full-face Easybreath snorkelling mask given by sport chain Decathlon and turned into a ventilator for coronavirus treatment at the intensive care unit at Ambroise Pare clinic in Neuilly-sur-Seine near Paris, France, April 1, 2020. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier
The Ministry of Health has revealed that cost of management of COVID-19 patients who are asymptomatic is Ksh. 21,300 per day.
On Friday, MOH Director General Patrick Amoth said for those with slight symptoms such as a mild cough or slight difficulty in breathing cost becomes Ksh. 21, 400 per day.
However, Dr. Amoth said patients with a severe form of COVID-19 who require supplementary oxygen are taken care of at a cost of Ksh. 51,000 per day.
“If you require ICU critical care support including intubation and ventilatory support the figure goes to Ksh. 71,000 per day,” he added.
Dr. Amoth noted that the economics surrounding the management of COVID-19 patients is the reason behind putting measures in place to ensure that Kenyans practice home-based care.
Speaking during a Press briefing alongside Health CS Mutahi Kagwe, Dr. Amoth also revealed that 292 Kenyan health workers have contracted coronavirus.
According to him, 160 of them are females and 132 are male.
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A patient suffering from COVID-19 wears a full-face Easybreath snorkelling mask given by sport chain Decathlon and turned into a ventilator for coronavirus treatment at the intensive care unit at Ambroise Pare clinic in Neuilly-sur-Seine near Paris, France, April 1, 2020. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier
The Ministry of Health has revealed that cost of management of COVID-19 patients who are asymptomatic is Ksh. 21,300 per day.
On Friday, MOH Director General Patrick Amoth said for those with slight symptoms such as a mild cough or slight difficulty in breathing cost becomes Ksh. 21, 400 per day.
However, Dr. Amoth said patients with a severe form of COVID-19 who require supplementary oxygen are taken care of at a cost of Ksh. 51,000 per day.
“If you require ICU critical care support including intubation and ventilatory support the figure goes to Ksh. 71,000 per day,” he added.
Dr. Amoth noted that the economics surrounding the management of COVID-19 patients is the reason behind putting measures in place to ensure that Kenyans practice home-based care.
Speaking during a Press briefing alongside Health CS Mutahi Kagwe, Dr. Amoth also revealed that 292 Kenyan health workers have contracted coronavirus.
According to him, 160 of them are females and 132 are male.
MOH DG Patrick Amoth reveals daily cost of COVID-19 care in Kenya - Citizentv.co.ke
According to Dr. Amoth, if a patient requires ICU critical care support such as intubation and ventilators the cost is Ksh. 71,000 per day
this might be scare tactics, but if you want to be brave, make sure your pockets/bank/mpesa/mattress bank is also brave.
don't leave your families with financial burdens just because you wanted to be brave.
