The Nairobi Hospital has refuted reports that it has suspended new admissions due to an alleged doctors' strike.
In a statement on Monday, September 16, the hospital affirmed that its operations are going on smoothly.
The Nairobi Hospital urged the members of the public and its stakeholders to ignore the reports of an impending strike by its doctors.
"We would like to assure the general public that our operations are going on smoothly. We urge our partners and stakeholders to ignore reports going round in sections of the media about an impending strike by our doctors. We are grateful for your support," the hospital remarked.
The response followed reports that doctors at the facility planned to down their tools starting midnight on Monday, September 16, allegedly demanding the resignation of the hospital's board of directors.
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The reports indicated that only patients already at the facility's wards would be attended to and no new admissions would be allowed.
On September 11, Nairobi Hospital noted that it was financially stable and dismissed reports of corruption and mismanagement.
The hospital asserted that the corruption allegations were being spread out of frustration by individuals who, according to the hospital, failed in their attempts to manipulate its strong governance structures.
"On behalf of the Board of Management, I dare say that the allegations of corruption and poor governance being peddled around are choreographed out of frustration by individuals who have failed to manipulate our sound governance structures for their own selfish gain and have now resorted to mounting a smear campaign against the hospital.
"I urge journalists to challenge these people to table evidence of the allegations they are making against the Board of Management because that is what responsible journalism is all about," stated Dr. Chris Bichage, the chairman of the hospital's Board of Directors.
