SLPP MP Raises Alarm Over Drug Theft, Ghost Workers, and Staffing Crisis in Health Sector

SLPP MP Raises Alarm Over Drug Theft, Ghost Workers, and Staffing Crisis in Health Sector
Member of Parliament Wuyata Songa of the Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) has issued a stern warning in Parliament over what she described as deeply troubling practices undermining the country’s healthcare system.
She expressed grave concern about the illegal sale of drugs meant to be provided free under the Government’s Free Healthcare Initiative.
According to MP Songa, some health personnel in government hospitals have been selling these essential medicines to patients an act she condemned as “harmful to the nation.” The Free Healthcare Initiative is designed to support vulnerable groups such as pregnant women, lactating mothers, and children under five. The diversion of these drugs for personal gain, she stressed, deprives citizens of lifesaving treatment and further erodes public trust in the health system.