The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has said that persons suffering from kidney diseases, aged below 18 and those above 60 years will receive all eight dialysis sessions per month for free under the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) effective 1 June to December 2024.
Parliament in March approved GHC6.87 billion for the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIS) to cover health insurance claims and other activities for the year.
This approval included, for the first time, emergency support for needy dialysis patients as part of the 2024 distribution formula.
About GHC2 million out of the amount has been allocated for the dialysis treatment of kidney patients in some public health facilities.
A statement by the National Health Insurance Authority said the initiative formed part of its 20th anniversary celebration.
“As part of NHIA’s 20th anniversary, the NHIA, through administrative arrangements has allocated an additional GHC 400,000.00, under the corporate social responsibility approved budget of the scheme to support this initiative,” the statement said.
“The cost of dialysis for this treatment category is projected to be GHC144,354 per month and by the end of December 2024, the cumulative cost is estimated to be approximately GHC1.01 million,” it added.
Read the full statement below:
Source: www.asaaseradio.com
