The Star (Nairobi)

Kenya: Patients Suffer As Govt Remains Mum Over Strike

By Diana Madegwa, 14 December 2012
The striking nurses argue that they have been unable to properly raise their concerns with the government due to lack of a registered nurses trade ... ( Resource: Kenyan Nurses Continue To Strike Amid Promises

Patients are being forced to seek treatment in private hospitals as the nurses' strike enters day 13 today. A spot check in several public hospitals in Western, Coast and Central provinces revealed that nurses had not reported to work. Here is Seth Panyako from the nurses union.

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