MINISANTE and King Faisal Hospital disagree in front of PAC

The King Faisal hospital denied it has received  5 Billion Rwandan francs from the Ministry of health to purchase medical equipment. It rather said it has received one billion Rwandan francs to pay back the loan.

The Public Accounts Committee of Parliament accuses both healthy institutions(MINSANTE and KH) to have mismanaged the public accounts  to an extent that over 5 billion RwF have been lost.

The report of the public general auditor has shown that the King Faisal Hospital has fulfilled only 45% of all its obligations. The King Faisal hospital is accused to have purchased medicines  worthy 2 billion Rwf , drugs that are to reach the expiration date soon, the report says .

The institution has to pay back  heavy loans to different public institutions such as the FARG, RSSB, and Rwanda Revenue Authority, a loan exceeding 2 billion Rwf.

At the other hand, the Minister of healthy  told the PAC that the King Faisal has been given 5 billion to pay back its loans. The King faysal authorities denied this, saying that the institution received only one billion, used to pay back the loan.

The health institution said this money was paid to the creditors, meaning FARG, RSSB, and RRA.

Dr Emile Rwamasirabo said the King Faisal has received only 1 billion to pay the loan, saying this amount that is documented. The additional amount of money given to the  hospital has been was not meant to be paid, added Dr Rwamasirabo.

To the side of  CHUK, Dr Hategekimana Theobard, the chief manager told the PAC that the observed mismanagement was due to the delay of payment of loans different institutions such as Mutuelle de Sante and FARG.

Other challenges undergone by the CHUK  involved the assistance to seriously injured people who did not have financial means to pay for them selves, said Dr Hategekimana.

“We had to provide adequate  financial support to those people, thus additional financial amount spent unplanned ” said Dr Hategekimana Theobald.

Both institutions recognized the mismanagement adding that these mistakes will no longer happen, ensuring that the shortcomings are assessed as to never repeat them again.

UM– USEKE.RW