Court orders gov’t to direct Covid-19 treatment charges in private clinics

The High Court has requested government to intercede by making guidelines for sensible expenses payable to medical clinics for the board and therapy of Covid-19.

The improvement follows a case recorded by Center for Health, Human Rights and Development (CEHURD) leader chief Moses Mulumba on the extravagant costs charged to treat Covid-19.

The body of evidence was recorded against the Attorney General, Uganda Medical and Dental Practitioners Council and the Minister of Health Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng.

High Court judge Phillip Odoki said in his decision on Thursday that the Uganda Medical and Dental Practitioners Council (UMDPC) should make proposals on sensible expenses that could be charged, and instruct the service regarding Health as needs be.

One of the respondents for the situation, the Attorney General, concurred with the vast majority of the entries for the situation.

The Health service Permanent Secretary Dr Diana Atwine had before said that right now, they had no law that upholds them to direct costs by private wellbeing offices.

She notwithstanding noticed that the service had effectively made a draft of a revision that they would take to the bureau for endorsement and later Parliament.

Some private wellbeing offices charge as high as Shs 5 million every day for each persistent, particularly those in the Intensive Care Units and experiencing COVID-19.

A considerable lot of these have likewise been refered to in situations where Covid-19 patients bite the dust, and the body is retained until full installments of over Shs 100 million for the entire treatment time frame are paid.