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Hospital strike bites as governor, medical staff fail to agree

Mombasa Governor Hassan Joho (left) at the Coast General Hospital with the hospital's Chief Administrator Bernard Mwero, Tuesday.

Mombasa Governor Hassan Ali Joho Tuesday failed to persuade striking nurses and paramedics at Coast General Hospital in Mombasa to go back to work as the institution hurtled towards total shutdown with the closure of most departments, including eight theatres.

Many wards were empty after patients were withdrawn by relatives.

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