In a FrontPage Africa interview Wednesday, Padmore said patients, who cannot afford the payment, will not be forced to pay. Operations have come to a halt at Phebe – the largest referral hospital in central Liberia – due to fuel shortage. The doctor said patients are told to either buy fuel to run the hospital’s generators for the duration of the surgery, or pay for a private clinic elsewhere. Patients, who spoke to FrontPage Africa Wednesday, said they were shocked that the hospital was asking patients to buy fuel on their own for the hospital’s generator when the hospital services are free of charge. “We didn’t have the money they were asking us to give to buy fuel for the generator,” she said.

Source: Front Page Africa February 27, 2020 06:56 UTC