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Corruption and theft in Mozambique healthcare

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In Maputo, the Central Hospital (HCM) reported a 79.4% reduction in the theft of hospital goods and consumables over a three-month period, lowering financial losses from approximately 1.79 million Meticais to 365,320 Meticais. Despite this decline, hospital leadership acknowledged ongoing issues, including illegal charges to patients in the surgery department and staff diverting revenue into personal bank accounts. In Nampula, corruption investigations led to the detention of several healthcare workers. These incidents included a blood bank technician arrested for allegedly accepting 3,000 meticais to facilitate blood acquisition, and two laboratory technicians at the 25 de Setembro Health Center detained after being caught demanding payment to facilitate medical examinations. Corruption within the healthcare sector has resulted in fatalities, as seen at the Vilankulo Rural Hospital. Following a case where a road accident victim died after public servants demanded a bribe before performing urgent surgery, a court sentenced two individuals to seven years in prison for passive corruption and two others to two years for involuntary manslaughter. The convicted individuals were also ordered to be expelled from state service.

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