Maureen Wanza died while giving birth in Kilifi County on Tuesday as health services in public hospitals around the country remained grounded due to the clinical officers and nurses’ strike. .

The nurses’ strike has lasted for 106 days. Ms Wanza had been rushed to a private clinic after developing complications. “It was an emergency. While at the facility, her situation worsened as she gave birth. She bled to death. .

Unfortunately, her baby also died minutes later,” Ashiners Films CEO, Ann Hamburg, said. She acted in local TV productions Sumu and Almasi, among others. .

Her death comes at a time when hundreds of patients in the county are seeking treatment in private hospitals due to the industrial action that has paralysed services in all public hospitals.