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Grim picture as patients seek treatment amid doctors' strike

Patients wait to be attended by doctor at St.Mary's mission Hospital.Administration confirm that they normal receive 1500 to 2000 patients everyday due to ongoing doctors strike.St Mary's have few resources.PHOTO BY EDWARD KIPLIMO.

At the heart of Lang'ata, a crowd of patients spills out of a mission hospital onto the car park of the outpatient wing.

The look on their faces betrays the challenges they have had to endure in pursuit of healthcare such as sluggish services, if any, and the snaking lines at the registry section.

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