Dar es Salaam — The case of Muhimbili National Hospital (MNH) workers who were sacked for giving patients high quantities of prescribed drugs contrary to disease conditions could only be a tip of the iceberg on how dishonest members of staff divert medicines from major public hospitals.
The story of Andrew Komba and Nelson Ileta, who were sacked in 2016 for dispensing medicines prescribed by a 'ghost' doctor using fake National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF), is a wake-up call for MNH to audit claims from both public and private hospitals routinely. The Labour Division of the High Court has quashed decision of the Commission for Mediation and Arbitration that had ordered reinstatement of the two men without loss of remuneration.
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