Disguised Uganda minister catches corrupt hospital workers
Sep 17, 2017
"I received many complaints that the staff at the hospital was extorting money from patients," Opendi said.
HEALTH | CORRUPTION
Uganda's health minister disguised herself as a patient and caught two medical workers demanding a bribe for free government services, she told AFP on Saturday.
Health Minister Sarah Opendi said she wore a face veil and travelled to a hospital in the capital Kampala on a bodaboda (motorbike taxi) to disguise her identity.
"I received many complaints that the staff at the hospital was extorting money from patients," Opendi said.
She went through normal patient procedures for some laboratory tests for which she was told to pay 150,000 shillings (35 euros, $40) "yet these are all supposed to be free".