Some treated patients at the Douala Gynaecological Hospital have been sent home despite being unable to pay their bills.
The move was announced by the Minister of Public Health, Dr Manaouda Malachie after a visit to the facility.
“I have just carried out an unannounced visit to some hospital facilities in Douala particularly to the Gynaecological Hospital where I had to release some patients that were being held back for failure to pay their bills” he tweeted.
The decision, he said, was “in keeping with instructions from the Head of State”.
The minister’s intervention came as one of several unannounced visits he’s made to health facilities as part of a running campaign to restore order in the health sector.
His discharging if the treated patients also comes at a time the country is witnessing a spike in COVID-19 cases nationwide.
Mimi Mefo Info
Prof Nalova Lyonga, Minister of Sec. Education Cameroon The Ministry of Secondary Education (Minesec) has…
Dobgima Elvis Bonga, popularly known as Lexus in Bali, was shot dead at his business…
Fon Clement Ndzì II was reported dead on July 20, 2026, but in Komland, he…
Cameroonian opposition leader Issa Tchiroma Bakary has issued a direct appeal to the country’s defence…
Prominent Cameroonian technology entrepreneur Rebecca Enonchong has said a state debt-recovery agency of politically motivated…
For many Cameroonian parents living in the United Kingdom, one of the greatest fears is…