Kenya: Private Hospitals Cash in On Health Staff Strike

27 November 2015

Private hospitals are cashing in on the crisis in Busia County, where medical workers have been on strike for two weeks, paralysing services at public health institutions.

Desperate patients who would ordinarily seek services at public health facilities due to the subsidised cost of treatment are now turning to private hospitals to save lives.

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