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Empty wards at KNH as patients bear the brunt of doctors' strike

Kenyatta National Hospital

Kenyatta National Hospital in Nairobi.

Photo credit: File | Nation Media Group
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By  Mercy Chelangat

What you need to know:

  • The hospital usually receives hundreds of patients a day.
  • Nurses hold forte, as laboratory technologists threaten to strike.

The country’s national referral facility, Kenyatta National Hospital, is bearing the brunt of the doctor’s strike. 

The hospital usually receives hundreds of patients a day. But now most of the wards are empty.

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