How kickbacks for greedy doctors are making patients pay more

Nairobi; Kenya: An illegal and growing culture of “commissions” and kickbacks involving medical professionals is undermining a section of the multi-billion shilling health industry. Investigations by The Standard on Sunday reveal that many private facilities offering critical services such as radiology, laboratories and pharmacies are struggling to stay afloat amid skyrocketing demands for huge “commissions” from unscrupulous doctors.

The most affected in this racket is the radiology sector, which conducts vital medical tests such as computerised tomography (CT Scans), X-rays, Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI’), nuclear magnetic resonance imaging (NMRI), or magnetic resonance tomography (MRT) and the ultra-sound, needed to make critical medical decisions.