Kajiado County Referral Hospital has received medical equipment worth Sh20 million from the College of Surgeons of East, Central, and Southern Africa (COSECSA) to boost the delivery of health services.
The laparoscopy equipment, which includes an endoscope, camera, light source, video monitor, insufflator, trocars, and surgical instruments, will help boost the surgical services offered at the facility.
While handing over the equipment, Prof. Pankaj Jani from COSESCA urged the hospital to put the gear into good use so that many patients benefit from it.
According to the hospital’s medical superintendent Dr. Fred Ayani, patients from Kajiado will no longer have to travel many kilometers to Kenyatta Referral and Teaching Hospital in Nairobi to seek laparo-endoscopic procedures.
Ayani said the laparoscopic machine would help improve the outcome of surgeries being performed at the hospital, thus ensuring patients receive quality services as the risk of infections will be reduced.
The laparoscopy equipment aids a surgeon in viewing and accessing the inside of the abdomen and pelvis without making large incisions in the skin.
It enables the surgeon to perform surgery on the relevant part without potentially damaging other body parts.