About 880 doctors could lose their licenses and face criminal charges if investigations confirm that they colluded with cartels and wrongly advised patients to seek treatment abroad in order to get monetary rewards.
Health Principal Secretary Nicholas Muraguri said that the results of the probe would be released next month and that medics involved, both in the public and private sectors, would face dire consequences.
A cancer specialist lobby group unveiled the existence of cartels comprising medical practitioners in Kenya who send cancer patients abroad at a handsome reward of Sh100,000 per patient.
According to the Kenya Network of Cancer Organisations, foreign hospitals had established a group of medics tasked with ensuring that their facilities had a constant flow of cancer patients.
“It is known and I can go on record saying that some healthcare providers are getting kickbacks of up to $1,000 (Sh102,000) per patient referred to hospitals in India for cancer treatment that Kenya has capacity to handle,” lobby chairman David Makumi, who is also an oncologist said.
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