The chairperson of the parliamentary health committee Dr Charles Ayume has directed the management of Jinja Regional Referral Hospital to immediately expel the hospital theater attendant Bizibu Ssuubi who is accused of extorting money from patients, an act which has led a one Nekesa Lydia aged 32years of age to lose both a uterus and an unborn baby for failing to raise 150,000 shillings for blood transfusion .
The directive comes after the committee received information that Ssuubi has on several occasions asked patients for money before rendering them services.
Dr Ayume requested the Executive Director of Jinja Regional Referral Hospital Dr Alfred Yayi to take action against his employee such that it can act as a warning to other medical workers who extort money from patients in a free government hospital.
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In response, the ED Yayi said the hospital has carried out the directive by suspending the implicated officer as more investigations are conducted.
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However different District Health Officers-DHO from the region specifically Bugweri, and Jinja have expressed challenges facing their hospitals ranging from insufficient Ambulance services, lack of blood banks, operational theaters and other health services which has affected their service delivery.
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Mumbejja Ndagiire Joy
