Govt declares war on doctors transferring patients to their private surgeries
The Ministry of Health and Child Care has declared war on government doctors who refer patients to their private surgeries when the medical assistance can be rendered at public hospitals. Speaking in Parliament on Wednesday, Health Minister Douglas Mombeshora said it is not allowed for doctors to transfer patients that they would have seen in government hospitals to their private practice; “unless the patient has insisted that they no longer want to be treated in a Government hospital.”