Health care inflation high stays high on Covid fallout

Patients awaiting treatment at a public hospital in Nairobi. FILE PHOTO | NMG

The cost of hospital bills surged sharply in January, keeping the country’s medical inflation high, as the Covid-19 pandemic fallout continues.

Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) data shows that healthcare inflation hit 4.45 per cent in January, signalling higher hospital bills.

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