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Health unions demand justice for assaulted hospital staff in Busia

Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Union (KMPDU) Secretary-General Davji Bhimji. [Denis Kibuchi, Standard]

Six trade unions in the health sector have condemned the recent incident of violence against medical staff at Port Victoria Hospital in Busia County.

The incident, captured in an undated video, showed a student identified as Vanessa Ogema harassing hospital staff over what she claimed was a failure to attend to a patient.

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