...Ever thought of where all the car-crash victims on Nairobi-Nakuru highway, or enroute to Mombasa are taken? Nope, not Nairobi Hospital. You may one day find yourself (God Forbid!) at Sultan Hamud District Hospital. Sharing a bed with two other people, in a facility with no CT Scan, no X-Ray machine, 1 professional doctor and two nurses, no private bathroom, no ambulance. And the only thing that will be standing between you and the afterlife, is a doctor. A Kenyan doctor.

http://salamuzahewa.blog...oo-poor-to-get-sick.html

Brilliant! I cant wait for the day when healthcare will be a key campaign issue. It has been too neglected.

Mission hospitals are the worst hit. They treat the poor and the poorest of the poor who cant afford to pay and they usually have to write off millions in unpaid debts. They also have to carry out emergency care to victims of road traffic accidents. The ones with insurance will be whisked away by ambulance while the remain with the poor. It is a no win situation for the mission hospitals.

Government hospitals also write of bad debts but they have a fall back .... the government.