Patients Detained, Denied Care at Hospitals Funded by World Bank

Miracle was struggling to breathe.

The 1-year-old was with her pregnant mother at a maternity clinic when the convulsing started. A midwife tried giving her oxygen, but Miracle clearly needed emergency treatment. So they rushed her to the nearest hospital, a five-minute drive away.

Perched on a hill, behind fences topped with barbed wire, C-Care IHK in Kampala, Uganda, looks like a fortress. Miracle’s mother shuddered as she passed through the gates that September day and saw the landscaped garden and a billboard advertising plastic surgery. “When they see me, they know I don’t have money,” said Hasifa Mwamini, a ...