The Ministry of Health has issued a chilling alert about the rising threats of a parasitic healthcare system, which enables private pharmacies to surround public hospitals so they can profit from government-created shortages. Health officials have discovered a public hospital staff collusion network that targets hospital inventory to force vulnerable patients into nearby private medical facilities.
The situation requires immediate action because these actions systematically exploit the most defenseless group in our society. The Ministry has identified suspicious high-end private chemists that operate exclusively in areas where public facilities experience operational difficulties.
The investigation has found a “kickback” scheme in which public wing doctors declare essential medications to be “out of stock” but then provide “helpful” information about the private pharmacy that has an abundant supply, which costs 300% more.
The distorted reality shows that most private inventories contain the same medications that public hospitals have lost through theft. The cartels create an artificial shortage in the state system, which forces public healthcare to provide only diagnostic services that benefit private companies. The public hospital serves as bait to attract patients, while the private chemist across the street acts as the trap for those patients.
Ministry directives now mandate that all pharmacies within 500 meters of state hospitals must undergo comprehensive forensic investigations. The government has declared an all-out offensive against “vulture vendors” by announcing license suspensions for any establishment involved in a scheme that generates profits through referral-based customer acquisition.
The hospital entrance today acts as a financial toll bridge that every Kenyan citizen must cross. The public health system requires immediate protection through this crackdown to stop its complete destruction. The audit will begin soon, yet we still need to investigate the complete extent of corruption that exists inside the hospital wards. The medicine exists in stock, but it currently sells through unauthorized channels.
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