Rising medical bills sending East African patients abroad
East African hospitals have been advised to find ways of marketing available medical services to potential clients within and outside the region. PHOTO | FILE
Rising medical bills and long wait-times within East African hospitals are forcing many patients to travel abroad to seek medical treatment, a regional health conference was told on Tuesday.
The 4th annual East Africa Healthcare Federation conference, which was held in Kigali, Rwanda, on 17-19 May, was told that the outbound medical tourism is also intensified by the perceived low quality of medical services at home and limited proactive marketing.
