Patients in agony as many public health facilities grapple with staff shortage

Ruth Wanjogu, a patient diagnosed with heart condition waits to be attended to at the Rift Valley Provincial General Hospital in Nakuru. [Photo by Mercy Kahenda/Standard]

Ruth Wanjogu is weak, and in pain. She lies helplessly at the Rift Valley Provincial General Hospital casualty area hoping to be checked by a doctor.

Wanjogu, 55, left her home at Eburu village in Gilgil at around 4am and arrived at the hospital at 7am. But by 4pm, she is yet to see a doctor.