Plight of patients as nurses' strike bites

Health workers in Nyeri County took to the streets to protest delayed salaries and promotions on August 18, 2015. They marched from the Nyeri Referral Hospital to the County Commissioners office before calling it off. PHOTO:KIBATA KIHU/STANDARD.

In the wake of the nurses' strike that has grounded health services to a halt in public health facilities, dialysis patients and expectant mothers have been the most affected.

The health workers downed their tools on Monday protesting failure by the county government to pay them July salaries, and effect their promotions and annual increments among other issues.