Nurses strike called off at Tana River County

The nurses strike has been called off in various counties. Tana River County Have also called off the strike and nurses have resumed duties after seven days deserting work in various health facilities in the county for the past one week.

Led by branch Union Secretary Mr. Darmon Kwaraa, the nurses said that the union has reached an agreement with the county government and solved several factors that necessitated the strike; “…we have agreed unanimously with the deputy governor and executive member for health to arrange for return to work formular as to go back to our working station by latest today Monday”.

On Monday last week nurses downed their tools in all Heath facilities forcing in patients escaping from wards due to lack of attention. All wards at Hola County Referral Hospital were shut after which patients opted to seek service at nearby Siha Clinic.

Maternity ward was adversely affected with expectant mothers suffering as nurses left them with labor pains.Earlier, Governor Dhadho Godhana appealed to the nurses to call off the strike.Meanwhile the Taita-Taveta County Government has agreed to pay striking nurses their pending January salaries, enhanced nursing and uniform allowances by next week.

 This was after the Health Executive Daniel Makoko and senior health officials were taken to task by the Assembly Health Committee to explain why nurses had not been paid their January salaries they had worked for.

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