Patients to seek State nod for treatment abroad in Bill



Business Daily | by Edwin Mutai


Doctors will not refer patients for treatment abroad without consulting the government if President Uhuru Kenyatta signs into law a Bill that sailed through Parliament on Tuesday.

MPs approved the Health (Amendment) Bill, 2019 through the Third Reading clearing the way for Mr Kenyatta’s signature. The Bill, sponsored by Kesses MP Swarup Mishra, will regulate medical referrals of Kenyan patients for oversees treatment.

The Bill compels the government to develop policy guidelines to regulate the referral of patients to health institutions abroad…

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