Man unimpressed by Cardiopulmonary resuscitation on a patient holds nurses at gunpoint inside hospital
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Health workers demand action after a man holds nurses at gunpoint inside Naivasha Hospital for four hours
Health workers demand action after a man holds nurses at gunpoint inside Naivasha Hospital for four hours.
According to reports, a man brandished a gun at Naivasha Level 4 Hospital health workers while working on a patient.
The man is said to have been unimpressed by Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) that was being carried out on his relative.
As a result, he pulled out the gun forcing the clinician to run to safety and hide in a separate room.
“The relative was a gun holder and he brandished a pistol. What happened was the (hospital) took a patient whose condition was probably critical and he was being resuscitated. The relative claimed that the CPR would kill the patient,” stated the source.
“The relative got hysteric and started attacking them. He brandished a pistol. The clinicians ran away and locked themselves in a room. The man kept telling the clinicians that the bullet could go through the door.”
The health workers argued that such incidents of attackd had become rampant in counties calling on authorities to take action.
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“It is however worth noting that attacks on health workers have been on an upward trend and assailants are not held to account in most of the cases. Just the other day, health workers in Naivasha level 4 hospital were threatened at gunpoint. The police appeared 4 hours later. There are similar cases like the one in Migori and Kisii where assailants were indeed state officers and people who are expected to carry themselves with the utmost decorum.,” read the letter in part.
“It is concerning that almost all hospitals do not have scanners and anybody can get into the hospital with weapons without forgetting that a number of people seeking attention are mentally unwell. Health workers are exposed to these criminal acts, especially during night duty.”
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