Barely a week after Kenya announced several austerity measures to counter the spread of the swine flu into the country, health authorities have announced that the Eastern African country does not have the capacity to test for the killer disease.
In the event of a suspected case of the flu, the country’s Influenza Centre at the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) says the specimen would have to be flown to the World Health Organization laboratories in Atlanta, USA, for screening, media reports indicated in Nairobi.
If the country has the capability of testing all other flu viruses what makes it impossible for them to test the swine flu? why do they have to transport the specimen to other countries?
2 comments:
in a country where infrastructure is seen as a stumbling block to ride of wealth by the "burguioese", their is no need to fiind tools that can settle the problem in our country but rather, the rich will fly to other countries to get medical care when the need comes, the poor are left to face the heat!!
lynda nangami-k59/6836/06.
This is Kenya,where something that could easily be tackled here'is sent out'for advanced tests,not even considering the risk of a case in the case of such contagious diseases.what if people just die due to lack of proper treatment coz of further tests?in the end its the poor who are left to die and suffer.
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