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We want our Cuban doctors back in Tana River, county official says

CS Ministry of Health Cecily Kariuki. [File/Standard]

A top Tana River County Government official has appealed to the national government to re-deploy back to the county two Cuban medical specialists who were withdrawn over security concerns.

The Tana River County Health Executive, Mwanajuma Hiribae said that the withdrawal of the doctors had greatly affected service delivery at the Hola County Referral Hospital where they were based.

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