COAST: 2 patients die at the Coast General Hospital

Some of the new beds at the women's ward at the Coast Provincial General Hospital
Some of the new beds at the women's ward at the Coast Provincial General Hospital
At least two patients  have  dead  at Coast  provincial General hospital as doctors and nurses strike enters its second day.

Relatives claims   the two   died last night at hospital's  female ward  due to shortage of medics to attend to them.

The hospital however says the two died of natural death.

A spotcheck today indicates relatives are still discharging their patients from the hospital  as the strike paralyse services that health facility .

Secretary general Nurses Union  ,Mombasa Peter Maroko says  over 700  nurses will not report to work until the implementation of a Collective Bargaining Agreement by the government .