More effort necessary to end doctors' strike

The suffering that the doctors’ strike has occasioned continues to be felt across the country. The case of Gertrude Lusia and her son Granious Waweru, who suffers from blood cancer, is really touching. Lusia cannot afford the Sh40,000 a private facility is demanding to attend to her son. There is no pain more harrowing to a parent than to watch their children suffer the pain of disease, wither away before their own eyes knowing there is nothing they can do about it.

Granious’s case represents many who continue to suffer because doctors have deserted hospitals for 66 straight days, yet financial constraints do not allow them to seek medical attention in private clinics and hospitals.