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Doctors being overworked in county, says union official

Susan Akinyi is helped by a nurse after delivery at Margaret Kenyatta Mother Baby Wing at Nakuru Level Five Hospital. [File, Standard]

A union has complained that doctors are being overworked in the county due to shortage of medics.

Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentist Union (KMPDU) South Rift official Devji Atellah said doctors were not going on leave while some work without rest due to shortage of the medic in health facilities in Nakuru and Naivasha towns.

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