Kenya’s labour court has suspended a strike called by workers at Kenyatta National Hospital – East Africa’s largest referral hospital.

Justice Maureen Onyango ordered the more than 5,000 workers back to work pending a hearing.

Unions representing nurses, doctors and the hospital support staff have been directed to appear in court on 6 October.

The workers were protesting against delayed payment of revised salaries and allowances.

The revised salaries were as a result of a resolution from an advisory committee that was passed in 2012.

The strike’s suspension comes a day after one person died in the hospital’s car park