Facing liquidation

Last Wednesday the High Court in Lobatse approved a petition by creditors to put Bokamoso Private Hospital Trust, the owners of the hospital, under Provisional Sequestration. In a statement confirming the latest events, Pula Medical Aid Fund said, "In the interim the Provisional Trustees appointed by the Court shall be empowered to carry on and/or discontinue and/or suspend any part of the business of BPH".

One lawyer, whose name cannot be revealed, explained that this means that the hospital has been put under court-appointed management either at the instruction of creditors or other reasons, to give it more life. "It could be that the hospital is unable to pay debts or that the management is failing," he said.