Government asked to prioritise health workers’ safety
Breakdown in communication may have hampered the distribution of the vital Personal Protective Equipment to health facilities handling COVID-19. The ministry of health indicates that the National Medical Stores (NMS) should have used its drug distribution infrastructure and network to supply the equipment. Last week, NMS officials told a select committee of parliament that any distribution of such supplies requires written authorization by the ministry of health. The disagreement over the distribution of Personal Protective Equipment comes as the number of doctors who succumb in the line of duty continues to rise.
