Throughout the first week of the strike, as the spokesman of the Ministry of Health said that all health units had returned to normality, citizen and independent reporters stated that there were many restrictions in some of the major medical units. 
Katika wiki ya kwanza ya mgomo, wakati msemaji wa Wizara ya Afya akisema kuwa vitengo vyote afya vilirejea hali ya kawaida, waandishi wa habari za kiraia na wale wa kujitegemea walisema kuwa kulikuwa vikwazo vingi katika baadhi ya vitengo vikubwa vya matibabu.