Nairobi, May 6 -- Amid a work boycott by doctors countrywide to push the government to address grievances relating to pay and other issues, desperate patients in Kiambu County are resorting to seeking treatment in free medical camps established by charitable organisations.

The Nation has established that poor locals who cannot afford private healthcare are thronging free medical camps to seek help, often regardless of whether such camps have been established to cater for their ailments.

On Sunday, during a clinic organised by Zetech University, PCEA Kikuyu Hospital and Christian Blind Mission, more than 2, 600 people turned up at Zetech University's Mang'u campus seeking help for different ailments.

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Mr John Mwangi (not his ...