Doctors in Nairobi have threatened to go on strike due to what they have termed as lack of comprehensive medical insurance cover.
As such Nairobi County residents might be forced to seek healthcare services elsewhere from Monday, February 13.
The Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Union (KMPDU) Nairobi branch secretary Malindi Chao stated that no doctor will be attending to patients as they try to seek an audience with Governor Johnson Sakaja.
“KMPDU Nairobi branch informs the public that commencing Monday, all doctors working in Nairobi City County will be converging at the governor’s office due to lack of NHIF comprehensive insurance cover,” Chao said.
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“We therefore regrettably wish to notify the populace of Nairobi County on the above subject and request them to seek services at the Kenyatta National Hospital as all county health facilities will have no doctors available to attend to them,” he added.
Moreover, the doctors are supposed to gather at the governor’s office and hold peaceful demonstrations to push their agenda.
The move by Nairobi County doctors comes days after Kiambu County healthcare providers downed their tools following the county’s decision to transfer their medical cover from NHIF to MUA Insurance Limited.
Furthermore, KMPDU Central Branch Chairman James Maina Githinji lamented saying that doctors had not expressed any concern with the NHIF cover before the transfer.
