Health workers’ strike bites as nurses, officials trade accusations

Patients with their relatives at the Coast General Hospital after nurses downed their tools last Thursday demanding better pay and working conditions. Most of the patients have been discharged with the management contracting some community health workers to assist the doctors. [PHOTOS/GIDEON MAUNDU/STANDARD]

Mombasa, Kenya - More than 80 per cent of health services at the Coast General Hospital have been grounded following the ongoing nurses’ and midwives’ strike.

 

The ripple effect of the strike is now being felt across the six coastal counties.