Doctors, maternity fees hurt medical insurers

Radiotherapy Unit at the Kenyatta National Hospital Nairobi. FILE PHOTO | NMG

Kenyan general labour costs, doctors’ fees and fraud are the largest components in the current pricing of healthcare.

The cost is especially huge for the treatment of cancer, which has now risen to be among the top killers in the country, ranking third biggest cause of death in 2017 after malaria and pneumonia.

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