Drc: in Kinshasa, the Death of Divine Kumasamba Reveals the Drift of Hospitals

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In Kinshasa, DRC, on Wednesday, 10 September, the authorities ordered the suspension of emergency services in two luxurious private hospitals. This, after the death of a patient who had been refused treatment for not having had a bail deemed "exaggerated" by the authorities, is followed by an outright outcry: in private hospitals and some public institutions in the Congolese capital, no money rhymes with no care. In this system, health is change…