Ongoing doctors' strike forces hospital to turn patients away

Jane Rono leaves the Rift Valley Provincial General Hospital in Nakuru after failing to find a doctor to attend to her son whose legs were fractured when he was hit by a lorry. [PHOTO: MOSES KIPSANG/STANDARD]

Rift Valley Provincial General Hospital has been turned into an outpatient service provider following the protracted doctors' strike.

The Level Five facility, which provides referral services to patients from various counties including Bomet, Kericho, Baringo, Samburu, Nyandarua and Laikipia, has been hard hit by the strike.