Patients languish in Burkina Faso amid doctors strike
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — Doctors and nurses are on strike at Burkina Faso’s public health centers throughout the West African country, leaving only medical students to help the sick amid outbreaks of dengue fever and meningitis.
In a desperate attempt to save lives, the government has requisitioned army health workers though many patients were still languishing without care.
“Our mother is in critical condition as she does not eat or speak anymore but since yesterday she only had her temperature taken,” said Abdoulaye Compaore, who had brought her to the capital for treatment.