{"id":14708,"date":"2024-05-08T14:29:13","date_gmt":"2024-05-08T14:29:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/?p=14708"},"modified":"2024-05-08T14:29:15","modified_gmt":"2024-05-08T14:29:15","slug":"doctors-strike-come-to-an-end-after-56-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/?p=14708","title":{"rendered":"DOCTORS STRIKE COME TO AN END AFTER 56 DAYS."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"275\" height=\"183\" src=\"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Untitled-1-6.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14710\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The nationwide doctors&#8217; strike, which plunged the country into a healthcare crisis, is now drawing to a close, as announced by the Ministry of Health on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Through its official channels, the Ministry disclosed that the government had successfully brokered an agreement, effectively ending the 56-day strike. This resolution came after an extensive meeting between representatives of the Kenya Medical Practitioners Pharmacists Dentists Union (KMPDU) and government officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;After 56 days, KMPDU signs agreement, ending nationwide doctors&#8217; strike,&#8221; declared the Ministry of Health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The signing of the return-to-work formula took place on Wednesday evening, aligning with the directive issued by the Labour Relations Court. The court had instructed the conflicting parties to reach a consensus and put an end to the prolonged strike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Following the signing of the agreement by both doctors and government representatives, KMPDU is expected to issue directives regarding the resumption of work for doctors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The nationwide doctors&#8217; strike, which plunged the country into a healthcare crisis, is now drawing to a close, as announced by the Ministry of Health on Wednesday. Through its official channels, the Ministry disclosed that the government had successfully brokered an agreement, effectively ending the 56-day strike. This resolution came after an extensive meeting between [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":14710,"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-14708","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\/05\/Untitled-1-6.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14708","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=14708"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14708\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14711,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14708\/revisions\/14711"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/14710"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}