The ailing health sector could be dealt another blow if doctors in private facilities heed a call to boycott work for 48 hours starting today. Kenya Medical Association (KMA) urged all health professionals affiliated to it to withdraw services in protest to the jailing of doctors' union officials by a Nairobi court on Monday for contempt of court. The decision was reached after an early morning meeting attended by 15 health professional bodies among them Kenya Dental Association, Kenya Pediatric Association, Surgical Society of Kenya, Pharmaceutical Society of Kenya and Kenya Physicians Association. Kenya Medical Association in Central Rift also called for withdrawal services in private hospitals to protest the jailing of the officials. In the North rift over 200 members of KMPDU also announced they will paralyse services in private health facilities.

Source: Standard Digital February 14, 2017 18:48 UTC