Early Easter as leading manufacturer clears Sh2.2m hospital bill for 50 patients

Public relation officer at Mombasa cement, SamIr Bhalloo comforts patients at Mombasa County Level 5 referral Hospital. Mombasa cement paid a bill of 2.2 million shillings to patients at the Hospital. Looking on is Mombasa County executive for health, Hazel Koitaba [right]. April 12, 2019. [Omondi Onyango/Standard]

It was early Easter present for over 50 patients who had been holed up at the Coast Provincial General Hospital, Mombasa, after their accumulated medical bills that stood at Sh2.2 million was cleared by a Mombasa based manufacturing conglomerate firm.

Mombasa Cement and Corrugated Sheets Companies cleared the outstanding bills last Friday leading to their discharge. They had been detained since 2018.