More than 100 patients escape Kenya’s mental hospital as doctors’ strike begins

More than 100 mental patients escape from Mathari Hospital in Nairobi over the ongoing doctors and nurses’ strike.

Doctors began strike on Monday with Police firing tear gas to disperse hundreds

demonstrating over pay and conditions outside health ministry in Nairobi.

The medics, swearing white gowns and surgical caps, were demanding the government honour a 2013 deal to increase their salaries.