Fresh woes for patients as stalemate between doctors and Nyong'o deepens

Unattended patients pass time at the balcony of ward 2 at Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Hospital in Kisumu. [Denish Ochieng/Standard]

Kisumu residents may have to wait even longer to start getting treatment at public health facilities after the county government failed to reach an agreement with striking doctors.

In what has now thrown the implementation of Universal Healthcare Coverage, as well as provision of healthcare, into jeopardy, the crisis has deepened following the hard-line stance taken by the county government and doctors.