A 4-year-old child has been abandoned and left in the care of cleaners at a Kenyan hospital, as doctors and nurses continue with a nationwide strike over pay rise, a report says.
According to BBC, the baby, Hope Awiti, who is suffering from malnutrition, has been at the hospital since September.
A cleaner at the hospital in the western city of Kisimu, said she was concerned about the child’s health.
This came a day after reports indicated that at least 100 mentally ill patients had escaped from a hospital in the capital Nairobi.
An operation was under way to return the patients.
Doctors and nurses in the east African country began a nationwide strike after talks called by the health ministry collapsed over the weekend.
