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KMPDU wants county to address promotion issues

Beatrice Oyiengo, a public Health officer demonstrates how to effectively wash hands to get rid of germs to Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA)Director Paul Icharia at the Nakuru Level Five hospital on January 26, 2018. Mr Icharia launched the new facility in a ceremony attended by other directors. T. Photo:Kennedy Gachuhi/Standard.

Medics have decried the shortage of doctors and specialists in public hospitals.

The Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Union (KMPDU) said the shortage had worsened in the past two years after the county failed to employ more doctors.

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