Lawmakers have called for debt recovery mechanisms for public hospitals to reverse a growing trend where the institutions lose millions of francs to indigent patients or those with huge bills.
Members of the Parliament's Public Accounts Committee (PAC) raised the issue this week as directors of Kigali University Teaching Hospital (Chuk) and King Faisal Hospital appeared before the MPs to explain anomalies highlighted in the 2011/2012 Auditor General's report.
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