The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has released an amount of GH¢ 587,236 to six health facilities to provide free dialysis sessions for kidney patients.
The NHIA’s Allocation Formula for 2024 which was initiated in June and approved by Parliament has seen some selected healthcare providers receive payment for treating dialysis patients up to the tune of GH¢ 4.4 Million.
“In line with this new initiative, the six providers namely Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), Cape Coast Teaching Hospital (CCTH), Efia Nkwanta Regional Hospital (ENRH), Ho Teaching Hospital (HTH), Tamale Teaching Hospital (TTH), and Korle Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH) all submitted their respective list of chronic dialysis patients that received treatment in June and have subsequently been paid of a total amount of GH¢587,236.00, (Five Hundred and Eighty Seven Thousand, Two Hundred and Thirty Six Cedis) marking the first month of the implementation of Government’s critical support to these patients,” the NHIA explained.
The initiative according to NHIA will see patients aged 18 and below and 60 years and above receive all eight (8) free dialysis sessions per month under the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) from
June to December 2024.
Additionally, persons aged 19 to 59 years seeking treatment at KATH, CCTH, ENRH, HTH, and TTH
except KBTH, will receive two (2) dialysis sessions per month.
Adult patients (19 to 59) receiving treatment at KBTH will receive a subsidy for two (2) dialysis sessions per month, meaning the NHIA will cover 50% of the cost of the two sessions.
