Mozambique: Minister ‘Ashamed’ By Hospital Thefts

Maputo — Mozambican Health Minister Ussene Isse has said he feels ashamed by the theft of medicines from the country’s hospitals.

Giving the opening lecture in the Maputo Higher Institute of Health Sciences on Wednesday, Isse accused some health professionals of treating their patients “without the due humanism’.

“I feel very ashamed when we are questioned by the public’, he admitted. He recalled being told: “Mr Minister, here in your hospital they demand illicit charges. Here. in your hospital,…