A nationwide doctors' strike in Kenya on Thursday paralysed health services at some government-run hospitals which are already suffering due to a lack of medicines and equipment.The medics are taking the action, now in its second week, to demand an increase in pay and better working conditions, their union said.
Critical care nurse, Emily Chepng’eno demonstrates the measurement of blood oxygen saturation levels using a hi-tech monitor during a simulation to demonstrate delivery of medical oxygen to the Intensive Care Unit following the installation of a modern Oxygen plant at the Metropolitan Hospital in Kenya’s capital Nairobi on May 5, 2021.
“The government has not shown any interest in sorting out the mess,” KMPDU deputy secretary general Dennis Miskellah told AFP.The affected hospitals are currently staffed by nurses and clinical officers who are limited in the services they can offer. “It is clear that a well-intentioned individual cannot repeatedly reopen negotiations that lead to an endless cycle of meetings without progress,” KMPDU said in a statement on Saturday, terming the court decision “unjust”.
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