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Survey: How doctors, nurses’ strikes led to deaths

Doctors during a strike at Uhuru Park, Nairobi in 2017. [File, Standard]

Some 13 million more patients sought treatment from hospitals last year compared to 2017 when a crippling strike by health workers disrupted operations in public health facilities.

The huge surge in hospital visits last year compared to 2017 when doctors and nurses in public hospitals were on prolonged strikes could be a pointer to the many patients who suffered at home during the strike.

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