Patients suffer as doctors strike - PHOTOS

Relatives of a patient admitted in ward 3 at the Kakamega County hospital preparing to take him home on December 5, 2016 after doctors went on strike countrywide. PHOTO | BENSON AMADALA | NATION MEDIA GROUP

Doctors with sacks at the National Treasury offices on December 5, 2016. They say they want to be payed their arears and carry their money in sacks like NYS suspect Josephine Kabura. PHOTO | EUNICE KILONZO | NATION MEDIA GROUP

A deserted laboratory at Migori Referral Hospital on December 5, 2016. PHOTO | ELISHA OTIENO | NATION MEDIA GROUP

Patients wait without hope at Thika Level Five Hospital on December 5, 2016 following the start of a doctors' strike. PHOTO | MARY WAMBUI | NATION MEDIA GROUP

Dr Ouma Oluga joins medics at the Public Service Club on December 5, 2016. PHOTO | EUNICE KILONZO | NATION MEDIA GROUP

Relatives of a patient admitted in ward 3 at the Kakamega County hospital preparing to take him home on December 5, 2016 after doctors went on strike countrywide. PHOTO | BENSON AMADALA | NATION MEDIA GROUP

A deserted ward at the Coast General Provincial Hospital in Mombasa County on December 5, 2016. Doctors and nurses have stayed away.PHOTO | AHMED MOHAMMED | NATION MEDIA GROUP

Patients wait to be attended to at the Moi County Referral Hospital in Voi Taita Taveta on December 5, 2016. County government officials led by health services executive Gifton Mkala are going round the hospital to check the situation. PHOTO | LUCY MKANYIKA | NATION MEDIA GROUP

A deserted casualty area at the Nakuru level 5 hospital on December 5, 2016 as the nurses' strike entered its 5th day. PHOTO | MAGDALENE WANJA | NATION MEDIA GROUP

A deserted casualty area at the Nakuru level 5 hospital on December 5, 2016 as the nurses' strike entered its 5th day. PHOTO | MAGDALENE WANJA | NATION MEDIA GROUP

Patients leave Nakuru Level Five Hospital on December 5, 2016 following a strike by nurses for the fifth day. PHOTO | MAGDALENE WANJA | NATION MEDIA GROUP

Striking doctors in their work gear at the Public Service Club in Nairobi on December 5, 2016. PHOTO | EUNICE KILONZO | NATION MEDIA GROUP

Medics converge outside Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital in Eldoret to officially launch their strike n December 5, 2016. PHOTO | WYCLIFF KIPSANG | NATION MEDIA GROUP

Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists Union Coast branch secretary-general Abidan Mwachi announces a doctors' strike outside Coast Provincial General Hospital in Mombasa on December 5, 2016. PHOTO | WACHIRA MWANGI | NATION MEDIA GROUP

Patients at Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) outside the hospital on December 5, 2016 with no hope of getting treatment. PHOTO | ELIZABETH MERAB | NATION MEDIA GROUP

Doctors at Vihiga County Referral Hospital on December 5, 2016 when they joined their counterparts across the country in their strike. PHOTO | DERICK LUVEGA | NATION MEDIA GROUP