Dr Dre, Dr. Alfred Mutua, Dr. Willy Mutunga, Dr. Margaret Wanjiru, are they at work???

Dr Dre, Dr. Alfred Mutua, Dr. Willy Mutunga, Dr. Margaret Wanjiru, are they at work???

Any news on whats going on? But I have question, if the doctors get the pay hike and go back to work what will change in the health sector. Are they demanding pay hike only or better facilities and more doctors in the hospital? For example a lone doctor serving thousands in the rural area gets a 150% increase salary wise, but the lab personnel are still not available, the drugs present are only panadols,the nurse is also demoralized due to poor pay and will continue with status quo, there is still no electricity during surgery and gloves are still a rare commodity what happens then?
Do not misunderstand my question by thinking I don't support the doctors but after the pay hike, what next for the health sector? I think they took the wrong approach when talking about salary only, I think they should demand for a complete overhaul in the health sector, after all doesn't the oath state the patient first above all, with this strike, how will the patient as well benefit?

1. That the Ministry of Finance publicly lays out a clear plan of attaining both the WHO recommended health budget allocations and the requirement of the 2001 Abuja declaration.

2. That the Ministry of Finance incorporates into its budget making arm people who firstly think that healthcare provision is important, and secondly know that it is important to give the ordinary mwananchi access to healthcare no less in quality than that which they themselves would expect.

3. That senior officials in Ministry of Finance and their families be compelled to seek treatment exclusively in public facilities to confirm that they have guaranteed, through meaningful budgetary allocation, the quality in these institutions.

4. That in the immediate term, the Ministry of Finance undertakes measures to remedy the undesirable situations occasioned by the careless and dangerous underfunding of the health sector.

Have nurses and COs been enjoined in the strike? These group do the donkey work and are payed a paltry basic salary of Kshs 16,000. In most district hospitals you will be told a dentist will attend patients only on a specific day of the week, an ENT doctor the same. The rest of the time they are running their own clinics. And these group too want a salary raise?