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Kenya: Suffering and Anger As Doctors Join Work Boycott
Nation, 22 December 2020
Patients and public health workers yesterday united apart in a day of tears: The medics bidding farewell to one of their own felled by coronavirus as their patients writhed in… Read more »
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Kenya: Abandoned Patients Stranded in Public Hospitals As Doctors' Strike Begins
Capital FM, 21 December 2020
Patients in public hospitals in Kisumu were left stranded as medical workers under the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Union (KMPDU) joined clinical staff in a nationwide… Read more »
Health Crisis on the Cards for Kenya as Doctors Go on Strike
Doctors have joined nurses and clinical officers in boycotting work, putting the nation at risk of a health crisis amid the Covid-19 pandemic. The strike action comes at a critical time as Covid-19 infections are expected to rise over the festive season. The health workers are demanding an increase in risk allowances, sufficient personal protective equipment, comprehensive medical cover, the implementation of collective bargaining agreements, and promotions.
Susan Liaman is wheeled out of hospital after failing to get medical services at Nakuru Level Five Hospital on December 21, 2020.
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Kenya: Country Faces Full Blown Health Crisis As Doctors' Strike Begins
Nation, 20 December 2020
The crisis at public hospitals is expected to grow worse as doctors join nurses and clinical officers in boycotting work. Read more »
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Kenya: Crisis to Hit Public Hospitals As Doctors Join Strike
Nation, 21 December 2020
A paralysis will hit public hospitals from this morning after the government failed to convince nurses and clinical officers to call off their strikes. Doctors are expected to join… Read more »
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Kenya: The Cancer At the Core of Public Health Sector
East African, 16 December 2020
The doctors' and nurses' strike that crippled the public health sector is really symptomatic of a cancer at the heart of the Kenyan nation-state. Read more »
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