Kenya: Mombasa Governor Bans Handwritten Prescriptions in Hospitals

Mombasa Governor Abdulswamad Shariff Nassir has issued a fresh directive to hospitals in the county even as the campaign to enroll more Kenyans in the Social Health Authority continues.

While speaking to hospital managers, health professionals, and community health promoters on Friday, December 6, in Mombasa, the governor directed hospitals to stop issuing handwritten prescriptions and ensure they use the SHA system to produce the prescriptions.

The governor noted that hospitals are…