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Doctors Union say Ethiopian Medics Employed by Kenyatta University Hospital Aren’t Qualified
Updated Monday, April 15, 2024 at 5:24 PM
By Faith Chandianya
KMPDU secretary-general Davji Atellah has stated that the Ethiopian doctors hired by the government are not qualified enough
This follows Kenyatta University Hospital’s announcement that they have hired five doctors from Malawi, Ethiopia and Tanzania
The doctors were hired to fill the gap by the striking doctors in the hospital’s cancer patients’ department
The Kenya Medical Practitioners Pharmacists and Dentists Union (KMPDU) has said the Ethiopian medics employed to replace striking doctors at the Kenyatta University Teaching Referral and Research Hospital (KUTRRH) are not qualified.
Photo Collage of KUTRRH entrance (left) and KMPDU Secretary General Davji Atellah (right). Photo: Kenyatta University Hospital and Davji Atellah
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Speaking to TUKO.co.ke, KMPDU secretary general Davji Atellah said Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Council (KMPDC) called the foreign-hired doctors for a peer review before being licensed, but all failed except one.
“To imagine that these were the people who were going to be entrusted with our patients is chilling, to say the least. We must never play PR with our patients’ lives!” the union stated.
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News just reaching our desk is that@KmpdcOfficial finally called the
quack drs hired by @kutrrh for a peer review before being licensed.ALL
FAILED EXCEPT ONE!To imagine that these were the people who were
going to be entrusted with our cancer patients is chilling to say the
least.Afya bora sio bora afya! @OliveMugenda must retire because it
looks like she is now playing PR with our patients’ lives!
#DoctorsStrikeKE @citizentvkenya @ntvkenya @KTNNewsKE
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As such, Atellah said they can not be licensed to offer the services in Kenya
Why Kenyatta University Hospital employed 5 foreign doctors
KUTTRH employed five foreign doctors on April 9, to treat patients amid the ongoing nationwide doctors’ strike.
To counter the situation and help cancer patients under its care, KUTRRH hired five oncologists from Ethiopia, Malawi, and Tanzania.
According to the facility’s board chairperson, Olive Mugenda, the hospital hired three doctors from Ethiopia, one from Tanzania and another from Malawi, to help treat cancer patients who urgently need care.
Mugenda said the government ratified the move, adding that the hospital would retain the specialists even after the strike.
Doctors nationwide strike
The doctors have been on strike for almost a month now. Attempts to resolve the crisis have proven to be futile.
On April 7, President William Ruto asked the striking doctors to consider the country’s economic state.
Speaking at the AIC Church in Eldoret on Sunday, April 7, Ruto said the government has no money to meet the demands of the Kenya Medical Practitioners Pharmacists and Dentists’ Union
The crisis in the health sector countrywide deepened after the Kenya Union of Clinical Officers (KUCO) issued a seven-day strike notice on March 26.
Announcing their plans to join in the doctors’ strike, KUCO chairperson Peterson Wachira accused the national and county governments of failing to keep their end of the bargain.
Proofreading by Jackson Otukho, a multimedia journalist and copy editor at TUKO.co.ke
Source: TUKO.co.ke