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He said the committee would seek additional funding through the supplementary budget to accelerate the project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe are hoping that we will be able to add them a little more to finish the building and equip it so that by January or February people don’t have to travel to Eldoret to access cancer treatment,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The MP also raised concerns about staffing shortages at the hospital, which was elevated to Level Six status about a year ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He said the national government had yet to provide the facility with the required number of health workers to support its expanded role.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The committee also reviewed the quality of care, infrastructure and equipment, with Oron saying hospital management was addressing concerns raised during the meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He said the committee would continue to push for adequate resources to ensure the hospital provides specialised services to patients from the region and beyond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Oron said the inspection sought to establish whether public resources were being used prudently and whether the hospital had the capacity to meet the demands of its Level Six status.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He said the hospital was yet to recruit the required number of staff despite its expanded responsibilities, and continued to rely on personnel seconded from the Kisumu County Government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe hospital is growing since its elevation, but it has not gotten the required number of staff,\u201d Oron said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The meeting also examined the nurse-to-patient ratio. JOOTRH has 377 nurses and another 67 on a locum basis, yet only three nurses often attend to about 26 patients, against the recommended six.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Members further sought details of claims submitted to the Social Health Authority (SHA) since the start of the Social Health Insurance Fund (SHIF). <\/p>\n\n\n\n They requested the amounts approved, rejected, and outstanding, the average turnaround times, and the impact of delayed or rejected claims on cash flow and procurement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Kisumu Central MP Dr Joshua Oron has called for increased government funding to complete and equip the cancer centre at Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital (JOOTRH). Dr Oron, a member of the National Assembly\u2019s Departmental Committee on Health, said the facility would ease pressure on cancer treatment services at Moi Teaching and Referral […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":27941,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-health"],"yoast_head":"\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/thefocuspaper.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/FB_IMG_1793281858986-1-1024x683.jpg\")