Doctors, agents ‘stealing’ patients from Mulago
Friday April 23 2021
Patients at one of the units at Mulago Hospital wait to be attended to in April 2018. Photo/Rachel Mabala
Summary
Mulago hospital says the agents target patients while in parking lots before diverting them to private facilities.
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Mulago National Referral Hospital has raised concerns over a section of health facility agents and some of their staff diverting patients from the hospital to other health facilities.
Dr Byarugaba Baterana, the executive director of Mulago hospital, yesterday said the agents have on different occasions misled patients and needed to be investigated.
“There are a number of health facilities in names of clinics, pharmacies surrounding Mulago from almost the gate. A few days ago they did a wrong operation on a child. Masqueraders are now using those areas and we need to see whether to delicense or license them to prevent that wastage of human life,” Dr Batere