Doctors have vowed not to attend to police officers visiting hospitals if no apology is offered for the brutality law enforcers meted out against medics as they demonstrated against the delayed posting of intern doctors.
The interns have been waiting, some for more than one year, to undertake the compulsory internship.
Dr Davji Atellah, the secretary-general of the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Union (KMPDU), who was leading the peaceful demonstration, was among those brutalised by police officers.
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