- The doctors are supporting a section of the Kenya Hospital Association, calling themselves progressive members who have called for the dissolution of the board.
- An extraordinary board meeting by the KHA, which owns the Nairobi Hospital, will be held at the Radisson Blu Hotel, Nairobi, from 2;30 pm.
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Doctors at the Nairobi Hospital have issued a public notice saying they will not admit patients at midnight on Monday.
However, in a quick rejoinder, the hospital management assured the public that operations at the facility were going smoothly.
"We would like to assure the general public that our operations are going on smoothly. We urge our partners and stakeholders to ignore reports going around in sections of the media about an impending strike by our doctors. We are grateful for your support,'' the hospital posted on its official X account on Monday morning.
In the notice published on Monday in one of the dailies, through the Admitting Staff Association, the doctors said they will not make new admissions.
"The general public is therefore notified that there will be no more new admissions in the Nairobi Hospital,'' the notice reads in part.
''That the central command structure of the Nairobi Hospital is called upon to take note of this critical development.''
While issuing the strike notice, the doctors, however, said that they will attend to patients in the wards, their private clinics and emergency cases only.
The doctors said in the notice that their strike is part of their efforts to force the Nairobi Hospital Board of Management to resign.
A section of the Kenya Hospital Association, calling themselves progressive members have called for the dissolution of the board and have called for an extraordinary General Meeting on September 18.
The meeting by the KHA, which owns the Nairobi Hospital, will be held at the Radisson Blu Hotel, Nairobi, from 2;30 pm.
The hospital doctors said their decision to down the tools is in response to the "crisis in the governance at the Nairobi Hospital by the board of management".
"The general public is hereby informed that the Nairobi Hospital admitting staff association(doctors) will by midnight today, Monday, September 16, 2024, down tools, until the incumbent board of directors resigns,'' the notice reads in part.
"We call upon the support of all members of the public of goodwill, who are desirers of sustained quality health care from the Nairobi Hospital, to rally all possible assistance... starting with ensuring the success of an Extraordinary General Meeting of18th September 2024 at 2.30 pm at Radisson Blu Hotel - Upper Hill."'