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Pain of patients left on their own as doctors stand their ground

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A deserted ward at Kapsabet County Referral Hospital. [Edward Kosut, Standard]

For three weeks, Walter Obenji has remained bedridden at the Kapsabet County Referral Hospital in Nandi with the hope of getting treatment.

But as days pass, he is losing hope. He is lonely in a deserted ward following the ongoing doctors' strike that has paralyzed operations at the county's largest health facility.

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