KNH chokes in debt as patients fail to settle Sh562 million medical bills

Kenyatta National Hospital. 

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Pending bills held by Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) nearly doubled in the financial year ended June last year, an audit shows, as patients walked out without paying Sh562 million in medical services bills.

The country’s largest public hospital owed suppliers Sh2.9 billion as of June 30, 2023, an increase of 83 percent from the Sh1.6 billion it owed at the end of the 2022 financial year, the latest audit reports show.

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