Hospital throws patients off beds citing unpaid bills

A patient outside Ward Two at Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital in Kisumu. He was discharged but has not been able to clear the hospital bill. [Denish Ochieng’, Standard]

Patients unable to clear bills at Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital are spending nights in the corridors after allegedly being kicked out of wards.

The patients claim medics threw them out for lack of clearance fees to facilitate their discharge.