Kisoro Hospital is on the spot over alleged
extortion of money from delivering mothers through cesarean section(C- section) by medics
to access services.
According to victims
of extortion, patients are forced to make ‘under the table’ payments for
would-be free services, including gloves.
Reporters started
getting reports about the alleged extortion last year. The victims of extortion
say mothers pay 100,000shillings to be operated, alongside paying for other
things like gloves and polythene. They allege that the extortion is not done to
those with normal delivery.
When our reporter visited
Kisoro hospital premises this week, victims say they were asked 100,000shs to
get facilities in the labour ward and others were asked to pay for gloves some
were asked 20,000shs to be given medicine.
Victims revealed that because
of acute labour pains they cannot fail to pay for what medics ask from them.
A woman ( name concealed)
who was extorted told our reporter that medics in the labour ward and Theatre
hide behind drug shortage to carry out their ill motives.
She wonders why they are
forced to pay people earning good salaries. Such expenses have negative impacts
as some mothers rush to borrow the money.
Another mother told this website
that those who refuse to pay are referred to private clinics to ensure that
they spend.
Benjamin Akakwasa Kisoro
hospital administrator says they also got to know that there are bribes in the
hospital but as the hospital administration, they do not know anyone who
collects money from patients at the hospital. He called upon affected people to
come forward report the perpetrators so that they can be brought to book
Innocent Ndagijimana Kisoro
hospital chairperson management board says there are some people who give money
to non staff or support staff at the hospital and end up blaming doctors. He
says Kisoro hospital used to get 100 million shillings per quarter for service
delivery but the money was reduced to 80 million which has caused the hospital
start requesting parents to buy some materials to use.
The Kisoro district LC5
chairperson says all services in government facilities are for free and no one
should be charged for any supply.
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