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Attack on nurse opens door to troubling claims

Kenyatta National Hospital CEO Thomas Mutie(C) with KMPDU Secretary General Ouma Oluga(R) and Nairobi branch Secretary General Thuranira Kaugiria (L) addressing nurses on Monday 15/10/2018. [Boniface Okendo,Standard]

The Saturday morning assault of a nurse at the Kenyatta National Hospital has galvanised her colleagues into speaking up about the dangers they face at work.

Mildred Akinyi was beaten and strangled by five relatives of a patient who had died a few hours earlier, sparking outrage among nurses and clinical officers at the country’s largest referral hospital.

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