Cholera patients admitted at a hospital in Mombasa. Some hospitals in the region have only one doctor, making it difficult for the medical officers to attend to huge numbers of patients.
Hospitals in Coast Province are short of 1,883 staff.
Regional Medical Services director Maurice Siminyu said the 23 hospitals had a shortage of 55 medical officers, 17 dentists, 29 specialists and 773 nurses, among others.
