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Crisis deepens as counties send home defiant medics

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KMPDU secretary-general Secretary General Davji Atellah (centre) speaks during a past presser. [Boniface Okendo, Standard]

The bitter labour dispute crippling the public healthcare system has taken new turn, with multiple county governments sacking striking doctors and union officials.

The Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists Union (KMPDU) on Saturday told The Standard that several counties have started showing medics who have declined to heed ultimatums to return to work the door en masse.

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