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Counties using interns as main doctors, KMPDU says

KMPDU Secretary General Dr Davji Atellah. [File, Standard]

The Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists Union (KMPDU) says hospitals in the counties have been using medical students on internship as main doctors.

KMPDU Secretary-General Davji Atellah has urged the national and county governments to employ more doctors instead of using students on internship as primary caregivers.

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