COURTING DEATH? Union to stop supply of drugs to hospitals

COURTING DEATH? Union to stop supply of drugs to hospitals

The Pharmaceuticals Society of Kenya (PSK) on Friday, December 23 threatened to stop the supply of drugs to both private and public health facilities from January 3, 2017, if the government does not resolve the ongoing doctors’ strike.

The strike which is in its 18th day has seen medical activities paralysed in all public health facilities across the country.

PSK has also cautioned the government against threatening doctors, saying more patients are dying each day with the government giving a deaf ear to the plight of the health practitioners.

The pharmacists have said that it was of no use for the government to buy expensive health machines yet there are no doctors to operate them, adding that clinical officers had assumed the role of doctors and conducting botched surgeries on patients leading to their deaths.

On Tuesday, the court ruled that Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists Union (KPMDU) officials are in contempt of court for failing to call off the doctors’ strike as ordered.

The court had on December 1 ordered the union to hold off the industrial action for 30 days to allow for negotiations, but doctors proceeded to stage picket on December 5.

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