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Seven patients in Nakuru County die as doctors' strike bites

Empty beds at the Maternity ward at Riftvalley provincial General Hospital, after Health workers in Nakuru county went on strike on September 20,2016. 7 patients died in two hospitals in the area yesterday as doctors protesting over delayed pay continued with their strike. (PHOTO: COURTESY)

Seven patients died in two hospitals in Nakuru County yesterday as doctors protesting over delayed pay continued with their strike.

Five of the patients reportedly died in Nakuru’s Provincial General Hospital while two died at Naivasha Sub-County Hospital.

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