Nakuru Governor Susan Kihika has denied claims published by the Daily Nation that a resident was denied Social Health Authority (SHA) coverage at the Naivasha Sub-County Hospital over the status of her illness.
In its July 2 issue, the popular daily ran the story of a young domestic worker who had been diagnosed with hypochondriac lipoma, a benign tumour made of fat cells, but was denied SHA coverage because the tumours were not the right size.
According to the publication, even though the patient's employer had paid all the SHA premiums, the pre-authorisation report before the surgery determined that her tumour had to be at least 3cm by 3cm, and hers was just 2cm by 2cm.
However, Kihika has vehemently denied such a report, insisting that no such patient or lipoma surgery had been conducted at the facility.
