Why social enterprise could be the cure for ailing medical sector

When Kenya announced the Universal Health Cover initiative, many thought that a cure to the ailing health sector was actually in the offing. Whereas a stressful implementation could be a game changer in health care provision, there have been a number of roadblocks along its path.

Doctors and nurses are ever on the streets over pay and working conditions, most hospitals lack basic equipment, National Hospital Insurance Fund has been dogged by one scandal after the other and the leadership admits that it can not provide the services its is mandated to offer adequately. The middle class who can afford to pay for private medical cover have been exploited by unscrupulousness health facilities who, in their zeal for profits, have inflated costs, leaving their covers exhausted half way into the year.