KMPDC Suspends All Eight Hospitals Implicated In NHIF Scandal
The Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Council (KMPDC) has suspended all eight medical facilities identified by Health Cabinet Secretary Nakhumicha Wafula as having allegedly siphoned funds from the National Health and Insurance Fund (NHIF).
This follows an exposé that revealed that a number of private hospitals are part of an elaborate syndicate working with unscrupulous NHIF staff to rob unsuspecting citizens and government of the healthcare funds.
Addressing the media from his office in Nairobi on Thursday, KMPDC Chair Prof. Stanley Khainga noted that the health facilities, which are largely domiciled in Nairobi, Kiambu and Nyeri counties, will remain closed until investigations are concluded by relevant authorities.
"Following CS Nakhumicha's order, we as KMPDC wrote to those ...