Amid doctors’ strike, let’s rid the profession of medical negligence

As the unfortunate doctors’ strike continues to wreak havoc on the public health system, I wish to highlight an aspect of the private health system rarely in the public eye, but which dents Kenya's image as a private healthcare paradise.

Sometimes in February last year, a good friend, a well-known Nairobi lawyer, was struggling with a persistent cough. He was attended by his doctor, a well-established professor of medicine, in one of the top hospitals in Nairobi.