Grootfontein hospital fraud case back in court

THE case in which a clerk in the Ministry of Health is accused of bribing patients at the Grootfontein Hospital was yesterday postponed for further investigation.

Aloysius Esenque allegedly told a private patient who was admitted to the hospital to give birth that she could pay the money into his wife’s account instead of the hospital account. The patient was supposed to pay N$1 100 to the Ministry of Health but it is alleged that Esenque told her that she could pay as little as N$500.He allegedly gave her his wife’s account number and made several follow-up calls to check whether she had deposited the money.He was arrested last month on the instruction of the Director of the Anti-Corruption Commission, Paulus Noa.Earlier, Noa said Esenque did not deny the incident when he was confronted by the ACC.”All he said was that he was trying to help her pay the account,” said the ACC Director.Senior Public Prosecutor Dollien //Gowases confirmed that Esenque appeared in the Grootfontein Magistrate’s Court yesterday and the case was postponed to November 24 for further Police investigation.He is out on bail of N$1 000.//Gowases is the resident Prosecutor of Tsumeb, but worked in Grootfontein for the week because Frieda Matsi was at Tsumkwe to work there.The patient was supposed to pay N$1 100 to the Ministry of Health but it is alleged that Esenque told her that she could pay as little as N$500.He allegedly gave her his wife’s account number and made several follow-up calls to check whether she had deposited the money.He was arrested last month on the instruction of the Director of the Anti-Corruption Commission, Paulus Noa.Earlier, Noa said Esenque did not deny the incident when he was confronted by the ACC.”All he said was that he was trying to help her pay the account,” said the ACC Director.Senior Public Prosecutor Dollien //Gowases confirmed that Esenque appeared in the Grootfontein Magistrate’s Court yesterday and the case was postponed to November 24 for further Police investigation.He is out on bail of N$1 000.//Gowases is the resident Prosecutor of Tsumeb, but worked in Grootfontein for the week because Frieda Matsi was at Tsumkwe to work there.