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Pateints left waiting because of the ongoing nurses' strike. [File, Standard]

Patients were left waiting for hours on Tuesday as the ongoing nurses’ strike put pressure on available healthcare workers attending to the large number of people seeking treatment.

At Mama Lucy Kibaki Hospital, Sharon Atieno arrived at about 10 am seeking treatment but was still waiting to be attended to by 3:47 pm.

"When I came in around 10 am, I found so many people to a point some were standing because the seats had all been occupied," she said