No usual bustle as Kenya Defence Forces doctors take over Kenyatta National Hospital

With healthcare on its knees, the Kenyatta National Hospital - the biggest referral health facility in East Africa - has lost the hustle and bustle that characterises it. On Friday, doctors from the Kenya Defence Forces took over emergency services at the hospital.

When The Standard on Sunday visited the hospital, the usually crowded facility was rather desolate even as military doctors took care of new patients. A tout who suffered an injury after a matatu that was reversing ran over his leg could be seen writhing in pain along one of the corridors.