Kenya: Doctors Blame Nyong'o for Deaths in Hospitals

26 September 2012

MORE than 50 patients are dying daily in public hospitals following the doctors strike. STRIKING doctors have dared the government to sack them. "Patients are dying and yet the (Medical Services) minister (Anyang Nyong'o) is busy playing PR by visiting hospitals to assess the operations," Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists Union secretary general Were Onyino said.

"We are losing so many babies and the doctors offering minimum services have complained that they are overwhelmed." He was speaking at a press briefing to respond to Nyong'o threat to sack them and withhold their salaries. "We are ready to go on strike for up to three months if any of our member's salary will be withheld. We will not return to work until our demands are met," Were said.

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