How Patients Are Turning to Alternative Options as the Doctors’ Strike Continues to Bite

 

With the ongoing doctors’ strike in the country since December last year, and the current stalemate from the talks with government, Kenyans are in dilemma as to where to take their loved ones who are unwell.

There is no agreement yet between the doctors and the Kenyan government about the CBA (image: Tuko)

For many years, since the ancient days of our ancestors, Africans would retreat to traditional healers and herbalists especially when the disease would not go away after seeking the services of a medical doctor, or simply for good-luck charms.

Today, the medical landscape, which is ever changing, is plagued with many opportunities and challenges alike, what with the advent of technology like the Internet and mobile phones, and the ever growing population of informed consumers.

Information is right at the fingertips of the Kenyan consumer. The more educated ones who before the Information age would consult a medical doctor over any and every illness, today prefer to find information on their symptoms from search engines first, then head to the nearest chemist and buy medicine over the counter.READ FULL STORY HERE.