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The move is seen as a step towards addressing grievances raised by healthcare workers regarding delayed payments.
He further emphasised the urgency of the matter, adding, "The government must decide in the coming days whether it wants doctors in hospitals or not."
The court’s decision now enables SRC to continue setting fiscally responsible stipend levels for public service interns.
Clinical officers assert that they provide 70 per cent of clinical services in the country.
Among the adopted measures: Government-sponsored registrars are now allowed to take their exams.
Muthoni said the Ministry will immediately post the intern doctors to begin their twelve-month internships by August 1, 2024.
The agitated interns have been protesting and camping outside Afya House since Monday expressing frustrations over years of waiting for their official...
The healthcare system has long been overburdened and underfunded, but it has ground to a near halt after about 7,000 professionals walked off the job.
Government officials say they are heading to court to seek clearance to have all the medics fired and replaced.
Koskei urged all eligible medical student interns to collect their posting letters from the Ministry of Health's offices with effect from April 4, 202...
Led by party leader Raila Odinga, they accuse the government of responding inadequately to a serious crisis.
The doctors took to the streets on March 14, 2024, and demanded, among other things, the deployment of medical interns.
A conversation must take place as there are many issues to discuss with many stakeholders, Health CS Susan Nakhumicha says.
The plea comes amidst growing concerns over the prolonged delay in deploying newly qualified healthcare professionals across the country.
The graduates say some of them have waited up to seven months, a circumstance which disrupts their career progression and affects the delivery of heal...
