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Eight people die in Kenya as medics strike paralyses public health sector

A security guard at the Kitui County Referral Hospital turns away patients at the institution on December 5, 2016 in the wake of the doctors’ and nurses’ strike. Inpatients at the hospital were discharged and others referred to private health institutions as the doctors' and nurses' strike took effect. PHOTO: PAUL MUTUA/STANDARD

At least eight patients died yesterday across the country as doctors and nurses made good their threat to go on strike.

The strike paralysed medical services in public hospitals in all counties. In what can be only be described as characteristic of a sick nation, a male guard at Bungoma

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