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House team probes hospital negligence in Mombasa Hospital

The Departmental Health Committee of the National Assembly has launched an investigation into allegations that Mombasa Hospital in Mombasa County delayed emergency medical treatment on a patient because he lacked money to pay.

Committee members arrived at the private hospital yesterday to investigate claims that it refused to admit 23-year-old Mohamed Bakari to its Intensive Care Unit unless his family deposited Sh300,000. The investigation was launched following a petition to the National Assembly by Embakasi South MP Irshad Sumra in August.

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