SIX-HUNDRED-AND-THREE women in the Lawra District in the Upper West Region have received free medical care under the government’s policy of free maternal care for pregnant women.
Apart from receiving free continental, delivery and postnatal services, the beneficiaries are also enjoying a comprehensive package under the minimum benefit package for all insured members of the scheme.
The Board Chairman of the Lawra District Mutual Health Insurance Scheme (DMHIS), Naa A.N. Kunyelleh, made this known when addressing the fourth annual general meeting of the scheme at Lawra.
He explained that the minimum benefit package made it possible for women who visited health facilities with other ailments apart from the pregnancy, to be treated free-of-charge.
Naa Kunyelleh noted that the total patient attendance at health facilities across the district last year was 75,377.
Naa Kunyelleh lauded the rate at which people were registering with the scheme and expressed the hope that if the trend continued, the entire population of the district could be roped into the scheme.
On the challenges facing the scheme, Naa Kunyelleh said clients were abusing the scheme as they kept visiting health facilities multiple times.
He also expressed worry about the attitude of some of the staff of the scheme who frequently collected drugs from hospitals in the name of the scheme for uninsured patients.
Naa Kunyelleh, therefore, appealed to opinion leaders to sensitise the people to appreciate the benefits of the scheme.
For his part, the Lawra District Chief Executive (DCE), Mr George Sulley, was happy that the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) had made health care delivery accessible to all.
He also commended the managers of the scheme for their good work, and urged them to keep spreading the message in order to reach out to more people and register them.
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