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No deal between govt, private hospitals on Covid treatment charges


Daily Monitor
Saturday July 03 2021
Nurses attend to a Covid-19 patient in the Intensive Care Unit at Mulago hospital in Kampala recently.PHOTO/PROMISE TWINAMUKYE
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Government and private hospitals are yet to reach an agreement to harmonise charges for treatment of Covid-19 patients in private hospitals following numerous meetings between stakeholders.
For the past two months since the second wave hit the country, there has been outcry over the exorbitant daily charges by private hospitals to patients that require critical care. A
Daily Monitor survey established that the charges would go as high as Shs5 million per day.
In a meeting convened by Col Edith Nakalema, the head of the State House Anti-Corruption Unit last month, private hospitals had promised to come out with a harmonized position on how much a Covid-19 patient would be required to pay. ....

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Private hospitals agree to cut Covid treatment charges


Daily Monitor
Friday June 25 2021
State House Anti Corruption Unit boss Col Edith Nakalema (left) interacts with health experts after the meeting at the Office of the Prime Minister yesterday. PHOTO | STEPHEN OTAGE
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Proprietors of private hospitals yesterday requested State House’s Anti-Corruption Unit to give them up to Monday, to review the cost of treating Covid-19 patients and report to government next week. 
Although in principle, the owners of private hospitals resolved to review the charges per day after meeting Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja on Monday to iron out a few things. 
They promised that a harmonised position on how much a Covid-19 patient will pay in private facilities will be communicated next week.  ....

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