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Medical unions withdraw personnel at Kitengela Hospital after attack

George Gibore General Secretary & CEO Kenya Union of Clinical Officers(KUCO) during a press briefing on how heathcare is paying the price for police brutality,goon infiltration & violence.[Wilberforce Okwiri,standard]

Medical workers' unions have announced the immediate withdrawal of their personnel from all healthcare facilities affected by violence during the Saba Saba protests.

This follows an attack at Kitengela Sub-County Hospital, where individuals posing as protesters broke into the facility, assaulted staff and vandalised critical medical equipment and infrastructure.

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