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"The way it's so hard to get a doctor to attend to you in a timely manner in these public hospitals, we just might revert to herbalists," Joyce Syombua complains as she waits in line for an ultrasound at the Machakos Level Five Hospital.
Joyce has been queuing for two hours. The sonographer, Benard (name changed to protect his identity), finally arrives.
"I am oscillating between two departments as we speak. I'm attending to patients in the General Diagnostic Department, and I'm also here doing ultrasound scans on pregnant women," said Benard.
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