The Kenya national Union of Nurses Secretary General Seth Panyako has denied claims that the Garissa County Hospital has gone on strike after the Garissa University College massacre.
Panyako has said that the nurses have taken a seven-day leave after an agreement with the Garissa county government.
He said that the health workers are expected to resume duties over the week, after the agreed seven days are over and Garissa calms down following the attack.
Speaking in Kakamega, Panyako however called on the government to improve security in the Northern Kenya to make the workers lives a bit bearable in the region.
“There has been rumours that nurses and other health attendants have vacated Garissa Hospital, that is not true. The nurses had a meeting with the Governor and other leaders in the county and agreed to take a one-week break to atleast see their family after the attack last week,” said Panyako.
He further assured residents that the nurses are not on strike, and will resume duties after the seven days from Thursday last week.
At the same time, relatives of the Garissa University attack victims are still streaming in at Chiromo mortuary in Nairobi, in a bid to identify the bodies of their kins, with some complaining of missing them in the mortuary.
Those whose kin are missing are reporting to the rescue team at the Nyayo Stadium, with hopes that they are among those who survived the attack.