Healthcare Crisis: Nationwide Doctors' Strike Leaves Patients Stranded at Public Hospitals

 

Kenyan doctors strike nationwide, Patients turned away at public hospitals. Story by Redaction Africa news

A Kenyan doctor addresses other striking doctors as they march through Nairobi, Kenya Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2011.

Doctors at Kenya's public hospitals began a nationwide strike Thursday, accusing the government of failing to implement a raft of promises from a collective bargaining agreement signed in 2017 after a 100-day strike that saw people dying from lack of care.

The Kenya Medical Practitioners Pharmacists and Dentists Union said they went on strike to demand comprehensive medical cover for the doctors and because the government has yet to post 1,200 medical interns.