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Crisis looms as clinicians strike picks pace

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Patients in long wait at Deserted Coast Provincial and Referral Hospital in Mombasa on April 1, 2024. [Omondi Onyango,Standard]

Patients were dealt a significant blow yesterday after clinicians made good on their threat to down tools. Major hospitals across the 47 counties were affected by the clinical officers' strike.

At the Coast General Teaching and Referral Hospital in Mombasa, beds were empty yesterday. Health officers said the strike has worsened the situation caused by the ongoing doctors' strike.

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