Tag: health workers

Homa Bay health workers call for hiring of more staff

A number of healthcare workers’ unions in Homa Bay have sent a plea to the county government to consider hiring more medical staff to cope with the influx of patients, in order to meet their medical expectations in public health facilities. The unions which include Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Union (KMPDU), Kenya National Union […]

Atwoli: Governors incapable of managing doctors, health docket

Cotu boss tells the State to take over negotiations with striking health workers, says governors lack the skill to manage doctors.

45 health workers have tested positive for coronavirus in Mombasa

Forty-Five health workers have tested positive for Covid-19 in Mombasa County since March, 2020. Mombasa county Health County Executive Committee (CEC) member Hazel Koitaba said out of the number, 35 were from private hospitals within the county. This raises questions over the safety of frontline workers in the fight against the virus that has continued […]

Naivas gifts medical workers at Thika hospital Sh2,000 gift hampers each

The items had been donated by customers who shop at the chain store through the ‘Share Kidogo’ initiative that they launched a few years ago.

Revealed: Most counties not ready to tackle Covid-19 pandemic, Senate team warns

The majority of county governments are either not ready or ill-prepared to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic which is now in at least 21 counties, representatives of healthcare workers, unions and professional associations have said. They include health workers unions such as the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentist Union, Kenya Union of Clinical Officers and the […]

Union pleads with Waiguru to reinstate sacked health workers

The Union of Kenya Civil Servants wants Anne Waiguru to reinstate the over 300 health workers she sacked instead of hiring new staff.