MINISTRY of Health Permanent Secretary Christopher Simoonga says the ministry will conduct an internal investigation into the corruption allegations at Cancer Diseases Hospital and will request external intervention from the ACC, if need be. And Prof Simoonga says he appreciates the News Diggers investigative report, as it has opened the ministry’s eyes to the matter. A News Diggers investigation has unearthed a scheme in which some medical staff at the Cancer Diseases Hospital and University Teaching Hospital are conniving with officials from the Social Welfare to collect money from unsuspecting patients in order to exempt them from paying bills. The fraudulent scheme which also involves junior workers who identify and approach the patients has also affected patients coming from neighbouring...
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