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Sidilega, Bomaid relationship on sickbed

Sidilega Private hospital
Sidilega Private hospital

As the ancient Kenyan proverb goes, when elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers.

Sidilega Private Hospital and Botswana Medical Aid Society (Bomaid) are at each other’s throats and it is the paying members/patients bearing the brunt.

The two entities' relationship returns to sick-bed once again as Sidilega now demands cash payments from patients.

Editor's Comment
Batswana need to do better to stop FMD

It is a clear signal that the government’s purse is empty and that our own behaviour has left veterinary officials fighting with one hand tied behind their backs. We have been here before. During COVID-19, many of us thought we knew better. We ignored simple rules, we carried on as if the danger was someone else’s problem, and the virus took lives and left our economy on its knees. We are still broke from that experience. Yet now, with FMD...

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