Kenyan authorities have launched an operation to return 100 mentally ill patients to the Mathari hospital in the capital, Nairobi, after they escaped during the strike by doctors and nurses, the Standard newspaper reports.
The paper shared a picture of one of the patients climbing over the wall of the hospital.
Doctors and nurses are boycotting work in a nationwide protests against unpaid salaries and terms of work.
Health officials are reportedly in a crisis meeting to resolve the dispute.