Couple anxious as daughter's condition worsens amid medics strike

However, her father Naaman Aboge, and mother Millicent Akinyi are stranded after doctors in the referral hospitals went on strike.

Akinyi said her daughter fell ill a few weeks ago when she was in school but she did not know the condition was serious.

"My daughter is not sickly but she suddenly fell ill and became unconscious," she said.

The couple is worried that their daughter may not get specialised medicare due to financial challenges and medics strike.

Aboge said they have depleted their resources after paying the bill at St Paul’s Mission Hospital.

"We are financially challenged because we have already spent a lot of money to treat the girl. This is aggravated by the strike of doctors and clinical officers in the country," he said.

He appealed to well-wishers to intervene and rescue her daughter.

This comes as patients who cannot afford services in private hospitals continue to suffer after medics in public hospitals due downed their tools.