{"id":30446,"date":"2021-06-08T20:32:20","date_gmt":"2021-06-08T20:32:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/?p=30446"},"modified":"2021-06-08T20:32:20","modified_gmt":"2021-06-08T20:32:20","slug":"samia-freezes-hospital-delaying-bodies-over-unpaid-bills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/policy\/samia-freezes-hospital-delaying-bodies-over-unpaid-bills","title":{"rendered":"SAMIA FREEZES HOSPITAL DELAYING BODIES OVER UNPAID BILLS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>AfricaPress-Tanzania:<\/strong> PRESIDENT Samia Suluhu Hassan on Tuesday blocked hospitals from withholding dead person\u2019s body on grounds of unsettled bills demanding the ministry of health to establish a best approach that can permanently address the crisis.<\/p>\n<p>Both mainstream and social media have reported several cases involving families complaining over hospital administrations refusing to release the body of their departed member of family for unpaid hospital debt.<\/p>\n<p>But addressing women in Dodoma on Tuesday the President wants nothing but a permanent solution, no hospital should keep a dead person\u2019s body on unpaid bill.<\/p>\n<p>The President said one of the best plans is to provide medical expenses before the patient dies an opposite of waiting when they take their last breath. \u201cYou just don\u2019t wait and demand for 3m\/- or more for this, no. We have to plan well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It does not make sense,\u201d she said \u201cwhen one is grieving and thinking about burial arrangement, only to be interrupted with bills \u2026 this is unjust,\u201d she said explaining that people should understand the need to also make payment during treatment.<\/p>\n<p>The government, however, is optimistic the comprehensive health insurance package will resolve all the ambiguity. \u201cIt\u2019s necessary that people must get public healthcare insurance,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AfricaPress-Tanzania: PRESIDENT Samia Suluhu Hassan on Tuesday blocked hospitals from withholding dead person\u2019s body on grounds of unsettled bills demanding the ministry of health to establish a best approach that can permanently address the crisis. Both mainstream and social media have reported several cases involving families complaining over hospital administrations refusing to release the body [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":30452,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,8,12],"tags":[3569,76],"class_list":["post-30446","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-policy","tag-hospital","tag-samia-suluhu-hassan"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>SAMIA FREEZES HOSPITAL DELAYING BODIES OVER UNPAID BILLS - Tanzania<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"PRESIDENT Samia Suluhu Hassan on Tuesday blocked hospitals from withholding dead person\u2019s body on grounds of unsettled bills\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/policy\/samia-freezes-hospital-delaying-bodies-over-unpaid-bills\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"SAMIA FREEZES HOSPITAL DELAYING BODIES OVER UNPAID BILLS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"PRESIDENT Samia Suluhu Hassan on Tuesday blocked hospitals from withholding dead person\u2019s body on grounds of unsettled bills\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/policy\/samia-freezes-hospital-delaying-bodies-over-unpaid-bills\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Tanzania\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-06-08T20:32:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/sites\/17\/2021\/06\/a4116853034770e4d95ec91ed1914a9c.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"607\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/policy\/samia-freezes-hospital-delaying-bodies-over-unpaid-bills#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/policy\/samia-freezes-hospital-delaying-bodies-over-unpaid-bills\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"SAMIA FREEZES HOSPITAL DELAYING BODIES OVER UNPAID BILLS\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-06-08T20:32:20+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/policy\/samia-freezes-hospital-delaying-bodies-over-unpaid-bills\"},\"wordCount\":216,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/policy\/samia-freezes-hospital-delaying-bodies-over-unpaid-bills#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/sites\/17\/2021\/06\/a4116853034770e4d95ec91ed1914a9c.jpeg\",\"keywords\":[\"hospital\",\"Samia Suluhu Hassan\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"homepage-english\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/policy\/samia-freezes-hospital-delaying-bodies-over-unpaid-bills#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/policy\/samia-freezes-hospital-delaying-bodies-over-unpaid-bills\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/policy\/samia-freezes-hospital-delaying-bodies-over-unpaid-bills\",\"name\":\"SAMIA FREEZES HOSPITAL DELAYING BODIES OVER UNPAID BILLS - Tanzania\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/policy\/samia-freezes-hospital-delaying-bodies-over-unpaid-bills#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/policy\/samia-freezes-hospital-delaying-bodies-over-unpaid-bills#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/sites\/17\/2021\/06\/a4116853034770e4d95ec91ed1914a9c.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-06-08T20:32:20+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"PRESIDENT Samia Suluhu Hassan on Tuesday blocked hospitals from withholding dead person\u2019s body on grounds of unsettled bills\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/policy\/samia-freezes-hospital-delaying-bodies-over-unpaid-bills#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/policy\/samia-freezes-hospital-delaying-bodies-over-unpaid-bills\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/policy\/samia-freezes-hospital-delaying-bodies-over-unpaid-bills#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/sites\/17\/2021\/06\/a4116853034770e4d95ec91ed1914a9c.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/sites\/17\/2021\/06\/a4116853034770e4d95ec91ed1914a9c.jpeg\",\"width\":1080,\"height\":607},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/policy\/samia-freezes-hospital-delaying-bodies-over-unpaid-bills#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"SAMIA FREEZES HOSPITAL DELAYING BODIES OVER UNPAID BILLS\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/\",\"name\":\"Tanzania\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"SAMIA FREEZES HOSPITAL DELAYING BODIES OVER UNPAID BILLS - Tanzania","description":"PRESIDENT Samia Suluhu Hassan on Tuesday blocked hospitals from withholding dead person\u2019s body on grounds of unsettled bills","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/policy\/samia-freezes-hospital-delaying-bodies-over-unpaid-bills","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"SAMIA FREEZES HOSPITAL DELAYING BODIES OVER UNPAID BILLS","og_description":"PRESIDENT Samia Suluhu Hassan on Tuesday blocked hospitals from withholding dead person\u2019s body on grounds of unsettled bills","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/policy\/samia-freezes-hospital-delaying-bodies-over-unpaid-bills","og_site_name":"Tanzania","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2021-06-08T20:32:20+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1080,"height":607,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/sites\/17\/2021\/06\/a4116853034770e4d95ec91ed1914a9c.jpeg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/policy\/samia-freezes-hospital-delaying-bodies-over-unpaid-bills#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/policy\/samia-freezes-hospital-delaying-bodies-over-unpaid-bills"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"SAMIA FREEZES HOSPITAL DELAYING BODIES OVER UNPAID BILLS","datePublished":"2021-06-08T20:32:20+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/policy\/samia-freezes-hospital-delaying-bodies-over-unpaid-bills"},"wordCount":216,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/policy\/samia-freezes-hospital-delaying-bodies-over-unpaid-bills#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/sites\/17\/2021\/06\/a4116853034770e4d95ec91ed1914a9c.jpeg","keywords":["hospital","Samia Suluhu Hassan"],"articleSection":["all news","homepage-english","policy"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/policy\/samia-freezes-hospital-delaying-bodies-over-unpaid-bills#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/policy\/samia-freezes-hospital-delaying-bodies-over-unpaid-bills","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/policy\/samia-freezes-hospital-delaying-bodies-over-unpaid-bills","name":"SAMIA FREEZES HOSPITAL DELAYING BODIES OVER UNPAID BILLS - Tanzania","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/policy\/samia-freezes-hospital-delaying-bodies-over-unpaid-bills#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/policy\/samia-freezes-hospital-delaying-bodies-over-unpaid-bills#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/sites\/17\/2021\/06\/a4116853034770e4d95ec91ed1914a9c.jpeg","datePublished":"2021-06-08T20:32:20+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"PRESIDENT Samia Suluhu Hassan on Tuesday blocked hospitals from withholding dead person\u2019s body on grounds of unsettled bills","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/policy\/samia-freezes-hospital-delaying-bodies-over-unpaid-bills#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/policy\/samia-freezes-hospital-delaying-bodies-over-unpaid-bills"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/policy\/samia-freezes-hospital-delaying-bodies-over-unpaid-bills#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/sites\/17\/2021\/06\/a4116853034770e4d95ec91ed1914a9c.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/sites\/17\/2021\/06\/a4116853034770e4d95ec91ed1914a9c.jpeg","width":1080,"height":607},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/policy\/samia-freezes-hospital-delaying-bodies-over-unpaid-bills#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"SAMIA FREEZES HOSPITAL DELAYING BODIES OVER UNPAID BILLS"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/","name":"Tanzania","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30446","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30446"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30446\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30452"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}