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Doctors suspend services in Siaya over assault on colleague

KMPDU Secretary General Davji Atellah. [File, Standard]

Siaya County health services ground to a halt on Tuesday after doctors suspended operations to protest an alleged assault on a colleague by county officials and an area chief.

In a statement, the Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists Union (KMPDU) Nyanza branch announced that all its members working in the county withdrew their services following the November 30 incident in Bondo Sub-County.

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