Private hospitals warn of collapse as Social Health Authority delays payments

Rev. Joseph Kariuki, Vice Chairman of the Rural and Urban Private Hospitals Association and Nyeri Town MP Duncan Mathenge on Spice FM.[Benard Orwongo, Standard]

Private healthcare providers have warned that Kenya's universal health coverage plan risks collapse due to poor design, delayed reimbursements and funding shortfalls a year after the launch of the Social Health Authority (SHA).

Speaking on Spice FM, Rev. Joseph Kariuki, Vice Chairman of the Rural and Urban Private Hospitals Association (RUPHA), observed that many hospitals are on the brink of closure as the government continues to delay payments under the Primary Health Care (PHC) fund.