Nurses demonstrate in Homa Bay Town. [James Omoro, Standard]
Striking nurses in Homa Bay County held a peaceful demonstration as patients continue to suffer.
Various public health facilities in the county are not offering services after nurses’ downed tools.
At Homa Bay County Referral Hospital, which is the largest health facility in the county, the majority of wards, including maternity, remained shut.
Only Ward Three and Ward Four were operating in the hospital as they are run by a non-governmental organisation assisted by a few workers employed by the hospital.
However, the remaining public health facilities, which rely on the services of health workers employed by the county government, are not operating.
The situation has put the lives of patients at risk because they cannot get treatment and medication in public health facilities.
Members of the Kenya National Union of Nurses and Midwives led by their secretary in the county, Emmardic Okeyo, held a peaceful demonstration in Homa Bay town on Tuesday afternoon.