Inpatients at the hospital were discharged and others referred to private health institutions as the doctors' and nurses' strike took effect. PHOTO: PAUL MUTUA/STANDARDAt least eight patients died yesterday across the country as doctors and nurses made good their threat to go on strike. In what can be only be described as characteristic of a sick nation, a male guard at BungomaCounty Referral Hospital helped deliver ababy boy. In Murang’a, an expectant mother gave birth unattended at the gate of the Murang’a District Hospital yesterday afternoon as health workers chanted liberation songs nearby. The two were admitted to the Nyayo Ward and are believed to have died yesterday.

Source: Standard Digital December 05, 2016 19:59 UTC