The beleaguered CEO of Nairobi Women’s Hospital Felix Wanjala has called it quits following a series of allegations involving faking of medical charges that have placed the hospital on the receiving end.
According to a statement by a local media house, Wanjala stepped aside to pave way for the investigations.
This comes days after several insurance companies declared that they will be no longer be working with hospital due to what they term as extreme inflation of bills.
By Wednesday, at least six insurance firms had declared that they will no longer reimburse patients seeking services at the hospital.
Jubilee, APA, GA, CIC, AAR and Old Mutual insurance wrote to their clients informing them of the new directive and further cautioning them that they will no longer be settling claims from the hospital.
The Association of Kenya Insurers on Wednesday later announced all medical insurers will suspend Nairobi Women’s Hospital from their list of accredited service providers from February 5.
In an advert dated February 6, the hospital’s board noted they had taken swift action on the allegation adding that serious internal review was ongoing.
“We have noted with concern reports appearing in media platforms. Although we don’t believe this is the case and it is antithetical to our founding principles,” the board of directors said.
On Thursday, Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) withdrew the Nairobi Women’s Hospital from its list of medical service providers.
KRA Deputy Commissioner, Mukuriah Nelson in a statement said the suspension will be upheld until the allegations pitying the hospital is given a clean bill of health.
“Staff is advised to access medical services from other approved providers as listed in the updated list on the KRA hub,” said Mukuriah.
Nairobi Women’s Hospital’s woes seemingly began when a leaked WhatsApp chats went viral on social media indicating that the hospital management was demanding its doctors to admit more patients in order to meet their daily target.
