Merti residents demonstrating increased deaths of mothers from preventable causes. They claim deaths violated their right to life
Residents of Merti sub county have today took to the streets aggrieved by recurring maternal deaths due to lack of equipments and absence of ambulances to transport patients to Isiolo for specialised procedures.
The protesters, mainly mothers directed their anger towards county government of Isiolo for failing to equip Merti health centre despite millions set aside for health sector.
According to the protesters, two mothers have lost their lives in the last one week because of pregnancy related complications since there was no ambulance on standby to transport them to Isiolo.
One protester told Isiolo Newswire “one woman was referred to Isiolo but later died because there was no ambulance to take her to Isiolo. It’s the duty of County Government protect women against unnecessary loss of life related to pregnancy and childbirth”.

 Protesters demanded county government to ensure that all the necessary facilities and resources were available to prevent avoidable loss of lives.
Isiolo County has one of the highest maternal deaths in the country owing to lack of infrastructure and nomadic lifestyles.
Since health sector is devolved, its the primary duty of county government to ensure residents have access to proper healthcare.
News Source: Isiolo News Wire