Principal Secretary for the State Department of Medical Services, Ministry of Health, Ouma Oluga, has exposed private hospitals for defrauding Kenyans seeking medical services and medicines.
Speaking during a radio interview on Tuesday, August 26, the PS revealed that some private hospitals are prone to overpricing services, including the cost of medicines and standard scans offered at the facilities.
Oluga gave an example of the common painkiller 'Panadol', revealing that private hospitals procure the medicine for Ksh30 but end up selling it to patients at Ksh1,500. ''The fraud in medical facilities in Kenya is anything between 20-35 per cent, and it happens in small and big ways.
For example, small ways include buying Panadol, where the Panadol costs Ksh30, but you charge Ksh1,500 in the hospital.
