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December 21st 2020 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300
Patients waiting to be treated at Muhila Mission Hospital, Khwisero. [Benjamin Sakwa, Standard]
Doctors have today joined nurses and clinical officers in a nationwide strike. This comes after failed negotiations between the Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists Union (KMPPDU) and government representatives. KMPPDU had earlier warned doctors would go on strike on December 7, 2020, but extended the strike notice by 14 days following intervention by both the National Assembly and Senate’s health committees.
Clinical officers and nurses have been on strike since December 7, yet there is no indication that anything is being done to call off the strike. Among other things, the Kenya Union of Clinical Officers (Kuco), nurses and KMPPDU demand that health workers be provided with Personal Protective Equipment against Covid-19 and also be given comprehensive medical and group life covers.
Doctors set to join healthcare workers strike in Kenya
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Kenya: Public Hospitals Lack Capacity to Fight Rising Covid-19 Cases
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Public hospitals lack UHC amid increasing COVID-19 cases in Kenya The majority of the hospitals lack the requisite number of employees as required by the norms and standards. The findings for every hospital-level reveals significant inabilities to meet the full staff complement recommended . Devdiscourse News Desk | Nairobi | Updated: 16-12-2020 17:33 IST | Created: 16-12-2020 17:31 IST
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The public hospitals in Kenya are failing to handle increasing COVID-19 cases and maintaining Universal Health Coverage (UHC), says Kenya Helth Ministry, according to a report by Daily Nation.
In the report tabled by Mercy Mwangangi, the Chief Administrative Secretary at Senate Health Committee human resources is reportedly ranked at lowest in most categories. As the report reads, human resource was the lowest scoring category in Covid-19 preparedness and response levels and the UHC systems .
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Mombasa County threatens to close hospital linked to KPMDU officials
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Willis Oketch | December 15th 2020 at 03:05:00 GMT +0300
Mombasa County Government has threatened to close down a private hospital owned by a senior doctors union official for, allegedly, flaunting the public health laws.
In a letter by County Medical Officer Dr Kassam Yusuf, the county said an inspection of the hospital was conducted on December 10, 2020, and found the facility wanting.
The county said the hospital has not met eight requirements including the Covid-19 health protocols.
According to Montana Hospital s lawyer Nelson Sitonik, the facility is owned by Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentist Union (KMPDU) Coast Branch Secretary-General Dr Abidan Mwachi.