{"id":38812,"date":"2021-10-16T15:50:44","date_gmt":"2021-10-16T15:50:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/?p=38812"},"modified":"2021-10-16T15:05:54","modified_gmt":"2021-10-16T15:05:54","slug":"kcmc-pardons-over-6-7bn-worth-medical-debt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/all-news\/kcmc-pardons-over-6-7bn-worth-medical-debt","title":{"rendered":"KCMC pardons over 6.7bn\/- worth medical debt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\">Tanzania<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>THE Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Center (KCMC) has pardoned a medical debt amounting to 6.7bn\/- facing dozen patients between January to September this year as part of the hospital\u2019s 50th anniversary.<\/p>\n<p>KCMC Executive Director, Dr Giliard Masenga announced at the Moshi\u2014based Hospital on Saturday detailing that 5.9bn\/- was from the cancer department.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKCMC hospital has pardoned the medical debt in accordance with the guidelines from the health ministry,\u201d he announced.<\/p>\n<p>He announced that the medicine used for skin care at the hospital are locally and in-fact are manufactured by the hospital.<\/p>\n<p>The medicine include those offered to people with albinism, he noted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Tanzania. 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