[ 2015-08-03 ]

Doctors' strike: NHIS directs card holders to visit private Hospitals
The National Health Insurance Authority has
directed all card holders to visit NHIS
–credentialed private and faith based hospitals
following the nationwide strike by medical doctors
in the public sector.

Doctors under the Ghana Medical Association
declared an indefinite strike Wednesday due to
government’s inability to resolve their
grievances over their working conditions.

A statement signed by the Head of Communications
at NHIA, Selorm Adonoo said the “Authority
(NHIA) entreats all NHIS card holders who may be
turned away from public health facilities to visit
any of the NHIS-credentialed private and
faith-based hospitals and clinics to access
healthcare services.

The statement added “NHIS cards are not only
eligible in government establishments but can be
used in the over 1,000 NHIS-credentialed private
and faith-based healthcare facilities.

“NHIS cardholders may also access healthcare at
the 37 Military and Police Hospitals in Accra and
the many Health Centres and Community-based Health
Planning and Services (CHPS) compounds across the
country

“This arrangement is to ensure that subscribers
of the NHIS continue to access healthcare services
while the Ghana Medical Association (GMA)’s
negotiations with government and strike
persist”.

Source - Starrfm

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