Nairobi, March 2 -- Anger and fury on Friday greeted Thursday's attack on doctors demonstrating to demand the employment of thousands of new medics, during which a tear-gas canister was fired at union's secretary general, Dr Davji Atellah.

Dr Atellah was hit in the head, suffered a fracture in the skull, and internal bleeding as well as other injuries.

He has been stitched 12 times and is currently admitted at the High Dependency Unit, the Kenya Medical Practitioners Pharmacists Dentists Union (KMPDU) said yesterday.

On Friday, KMPDU, the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights, the Central Organisation of Trade Unions (Cotu), and the Kenya Medical Association condemned the attack. Others who condemned the attack were the Kenya Count...