Corrupt alliance between Ugandan doctors and Indian hospitals hurts patients
They call it “Cut-practice.”Many Indian medical specialists and hospitals offer cash incentives to Indian primary care doctors to send them referrals. Over the years, several of them have set up health tourism companies in Kampala and have established unethical partnerships with Ugandan doctors to operate a rather straight forward scam. The Indian businessmen, together with their Ugandan partners, network with Ugandan doctors, offering them promises of commissions on each patient referred. She pays her fees on admission, a percentage of which is immediately sent to her Ugandan doctor’s bank account. The scam is so lucrative for all in the chain – the referring doctor, Indian middleman, Indian Hospital and doctor(s), the broader Indian economy – that it is very difficult to arrest.
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