The NHIA announced that it will from June, absorb part of the cost of dialysis for renal patients at the Korle-Bu, Komfo Anokye and Cape Coast Teaching Hospitals.
The intervention comes on the back of recent increment in kidney treatment at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital from GH¢380 to GH¢491 per session.
Speaking to journalists, CEO of the NHIA, Dr. Aboagye DaCosta, is confident their intervention will go a long way to help mitigate the plight of renal patients.
“The other hospitals do not have that support. So we are looking at supplementing for both patients from Korle Bu, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, and Central Region in such a way that for Korle Bu, because they do get that support, we will be able to bridge a gap for them and then we support our patients also from Cape Coast and Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital.”
The CEO, while speaking in an interview on Eyewitness News on Citi FM also assured that the Scheme will sustain the intervention because it has earmarked GH¢2 million for the next six months to offset the cost of dialysis treatment for patients in renal units of the three hospitals.
“We are not pushing anything to NHIS. So, in my earlier interview with you, I made it clear that Parliament actually gave the National Health Insurance Authority GH¢2 million to help the needy with dialysis services,” Mr. Aboagye told the host, Umaru Sanda Amadu.