The Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists Board has given Kerugoya Referral Hospital a clean bill of health despite medics’ insistence that it remains in a poor state so their strike will not end.
The strike followed a call by four unions – the Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists Union; Kenya National Union of Nurses; Kenya National Union of Clinical Officers; and Kenya National Union of Medical Laboratory Officers.
When the notice was issued last Wednesday, the health workers said the their action was inevitable and that they would not retreat since Kirinyaga Governor Anne Waiguru had not met their demands.
Days later, Ms Waiguru stopped the remittance of dues to the KMPPDU, accusing it of sabotage and alleging political interference.
ADMISSIONS
After a tour of the hospital on Wednesday, the medical board’s chief executive officer declared that health workers at Kerugoya could resume the admission of patients.