The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) would allocate around GH¢2 million starting June 2024 to support patients requiring dialysis therapy.
This was announced by the NHIA’s CEO, Dr. DaCosta Aboagye.
The Renal Patients Association of Ghana expressed concern over the recent increase in dialysis costs from GH¢380 to GH¢491.
Dr Aboagye stated that as part of its 20th anniversary, the Authority will assist needy renal patients requiring dialysis in major hospitals across the country.
The hospitals include Korle Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH), Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), and Tamale Teaching Hospital.
The amount would cover two sessions for each of these patients, who total about 600, from June until the end of this year.
“Korle Bu do have a philanthropist which is helping them with ¢380 so if you deduct the ¢491 from the ¢380, the difference is ¢111…Korle Bu forms about 80% of the patients.
“So, the recommendation is that if we can support two sessions for Korle Bu at the ¢111 for almost 400 patients under our support to the needy programme on our formula whiles we pay full cost for two sessions for the other teaching hospitals that will go a long way to help.”
“…If you come to Komfo Anokye, Central Region and I think Tamale, their numbers are not that huge so what we are saying is that for them we will cover full cost for two sessions for them. So, this case ¢491,” he stated
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana
