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Union opposes State move to import doctors from Cuba

Doctors recite the Hippocratic Oath before the official opening of a Kenya Medical Association annual conference in Nyali last month. FILE PHOTO | NMG

Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Union (KMPDU) on Thursday hit out at the government’s decision to import Cuban doctors who are not known to practice medicine according to international standards.

KMPDU secretary- general Ouma Oluga also criticised the Medical Practitioners and Dentists’ Board for failing to conduct peer review of the Cuban doctors and properly advice the Ministry of Health on the merits of importing them.

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