{"id":13567,"date":"2024-03-04T10:51:11","date_gmt":"2024-03-04T10:51:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/?p=13567"},"modified":"2024-03-04T10:51:18","modified_gmt":"2024-03-04T10:51:18","slug":"doctors-issue-seven-day-strike-notice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/?p=13567","title":{"rendered":"Doctors Issue Seven-Day Strike Notice"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"526\" height=\"526\" src=\"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/429591660_792181589597275_3969617515530489276_n-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13568\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/429591660_792181589597275_3969617515530489276_n-1.jpg 526w, https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/429591660_792181589597275_3969617515530489276_n-1-480x480.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 526px, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a move expected to disrupt healthcare services, doctors belonging to the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Union (KMPDU) have announced a seven-day strike beginning next Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Monday, members of the KMPDU staged a peaceful demonstration in Nairobi, denouncing the recent shooting of their Secretary General, Davji Atellah, by police during a previous protest in the capital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The demonstration, which aimed to highlight various grievances within the medical community, notably focused on the government&#8217;s delay in assigning medical interns. Tragically, during Thursday&#8217;s protest, Atellah was injured by a teargas canister, intensifying tensions between the union and law enforcement authorities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a move expected to disrupt healthcare services, doctors belonging to the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Union (KMPDU) have announced a seven-day strike beginning next Monday. On Monday, members of the KMPDU staged a peaceful demonstration in Nairobi, denouncing the recent shooting of their Secretary General, Davji Atellah, by police during a previous protest [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":13568,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,13,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13567","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-health","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/429591660_792181589597275_3969617515530489276_n-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13567","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13567"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13567\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13569,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13567\/revisions\/13569"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/13568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}