"Aceng wants private hospitals to apologise for inflating bills for Covid patients"

Health Minister, Dr Jane Ruth Aceng said Thursday that private hospitals which have been hiking medical bills for Covid-19 patients in Intensive Care Unit (ICU) ought to apologise to the public, arguing that it’s not time for them to make money. According to her, it’s unacceptable that some private hospitals are charging upto Shs5 million per day to care for a Covid-19 patient. “With Covid-19 we opened up to the private sector. They are charging up to Shs5 million a day. Some families have paid up to Shs200 million and they have still lost their loved ones. It is completely unacceptable,” Ms Aceng said in an interview on NTV’s On the Spot show hosted by Mr Patrick Kamara.