Patients at a hospital in Mombasa. FILE PHOTO | NMG 
As expected, Kenyan doctors are up in arms over the government’s decision to import health professionals from Cuba.
While we should tread with caution in the importation of foreign doctors, their Kenyan counterparts must also show their worth.
Their
professionalism and materialism has left a lot to be desired after they
frequently downed their tools, leading to immense suffering and deaths
among innocent Kenyans.
Few Kenyans believe they are
better than the Cuban doctors and they should not be allowed to defend
their spurious turf. They went against the very tenets of the
Hippocratic Oath that they took to be admitted into the profession.
According to the government, the Cuban doctors are being brought
in to plug existing gaps. A major criterion for their importation was
the utilisation of Sh38 billion worth of Managed Service Equipment that
has been lying idle in the counties.
What the common
Kenyan is demanding is proper delivery of health services and not
bickering over salaries that only ends up costing them their lives.
Our doctors should do some serious soul searching and ensure that they always put the Kenyan patient first.
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