The director general of the prefectural hospital of Mandiana has just broken his silence on the cases of clandestine sale of medicines and over-invoicing of treatment costs within his health facility. In an interview with Guineematin.com last Friday, November 18, 2022, Dr. Ibrahima Doumbouya said that these practices “are not honorific” for his hospital and promised to serve against the perpetrators. He has even made a number (628878146) available to the population to report all those who will now offer them products to buy in hospital wards or who will offer them higher prices than those displayed on the bulletin board. .
For just over a week the inhabitants of Mandiana have been loudly denouncing the “bad practices” of which they are victims at the prefectural hospital. They protest and are indignant in particular against the clandestine sale of pharmaceutical products and the over-invoicing practiced within this hospital by health workers (mostly trainees) with the complicity of some qualified doctors.
The management of the prefectural hospital of Mandiana had so far refrained from commenting on the subject. But yesterday Dr. Ibrahima Doumbouya, director general of the aforementioned hospital made himself heard. He deplored these practices [dont il a visiblement l’air de bien savoir] and warned the authors.
“What is happening in the hospital is not honorary, but I invite the population to help us, to call us at this number: 628878146 to report any scammers. Because the hospital has only one counter where you have to pay all the costs of treatment and consultations. And, in the pharmacy, as in the laboratory, prices are also displayed. So we have to respect these prices, which is why we have published them. So to be clear, agents no longer have to take cash from wards. Everything must be paid at the cash desk where the notebooks are collected. On the table of hospital rates: booklet 2,000 francs, child consultation 5,000 francs, adult consultation 5,000 francs, surgery and hospitalization 120,000 francs. But there are drugs that patients have to pay for to have their surgery done, there are also free ones. Regarding the sale of pharmaceutical products by agents, it is prohibited and I urge all patients to go to the hospital pharmacy to purchase the products. Because they can control the prices displayed,” said Ibrahima Doumbouya.
By Mandiana, Mamady Konoma Keïta for Guineematin.com
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