Kenya seeks Cuba medics to plug gaps

Patients stream into the Coast Provincial General Hospital on March 16, a day after the doctors’ strike ended. PHOTO | WACHIRA MWANGI

Kenya is seeking surgeons and medical specialists from Cuba after it reached a deal to hire 500 general physicians from Tanzania over the weekend.

Kenya says has started preliminary talks with Caribbean island to offer specialised treatment in public hospitals, especially county hospitals that are have shortages as top doctors concentrate in Nairobi.

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