Busia: Patients at sub-county hospital forced to look for outside alternatives over 'lack of functioning toilets'

This, as the facility was at full capacity, forcing some patients and staff to resort to looking for facilities outside the hospital to relieve themselves.

The closure order has left patients stranded, with some saying that the other alternative is to look for private hospitals, which are costly.

A patient at the facility said, "The toilets don't function and patients who are able to move have had to go outside and relieve themselves outside in the bush."

However, supervising doctor Kelvin Wesonga said the order was due to the facility being filled to capacity.

Efforts to clear waste at the facility have so far been futile.

Dickson Magina, from Busia Water and Sewerage Company, said, "We have done an assessment and indeed the toilets are not usable. The hospital uses septic tanks, which we are looking to clear."