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Study shows despite country buying top-notch machines, there are not qualified medics to work in hospitals

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Kenya has less than a quarter of the doctors and nurses it needs to meet the health requirements of its burgeoning population, a new study shows.

And questions are being raised about the Jubilee Government’s decision to buy state-of-the-art equipment for county hospitals without skilled workers to operate them.

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