A parliamentary committee meeting meant to discuss the plight of doctors who have issued a 21-day atrike notice turned emotional when an MP broke down.
The meeting, which ended with the summons being issued to Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe, Council of Governors, Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC), National Treasury and three university vice-chancellors was characterized by MPs' narrations of their experiences with Covid-19.
Seme MP James Nyikal broke down when he narrated how doctors have been frustrated and victimised yet they sacrifice their lives to be in the frontline of the fight against Covid-19.
Nyikal, a medical doctor, revealed that his daughter who is a medic was suffering as well. He said most of the doctors' grievances were systemic and ought to be enforced, hence a strike was not necessary.
“Everyone says medicine is a calling and doctors have to be patriotic; patriotism is not suicide!” he said.
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