Effia Nkwanta hospital is a classical example of how how service induced moral hazards is killing the NHIS nationwide.Some of us have no doubt that the country will be forced back to cash and carry because of the open gargant ... read full comment
Effia Nkwanta hospital is a classical example of how how service induced moral hazards is killing the NHIS nationwide.Some of us have no doubt that the country will be forced back to cash and carry because of the open gargantuan thievery involved in service provision.If you want an exemplary scenario where organized crime and corruption is at play ,it has to be the NHIS.Hypocrites and cowards of the like of Mrs Hinson are the ones killing this country.I thought she would have been patriotic enough as a good citizen to admonish those who connive to loot massive sums of money in insurance claims to desist from the act so as to help government.Mrs Hinson was not deaf at the time when there was a radio discussion about a surgeon who charged an old lady a wooping 800 ghana cedis for a simple procedure actually covered by insurance in Effia Nkwanta hospital.She is also well aware of the case despite under cover in which a general practitioner not an obstetrician charged a pregnant woman 4000 ghana cedis for caesarian section that is again covered by insurance.The doctor in question was protected by management and eventually have to apologized an enlightened woman who challenged his action.What is Mrs Hinson doing about doctors in effia nkwanta who are disregarding the insurance and diverting patients to their private facilities to charge hard cash for same service?What is she doing about doctors in that hospital who openly practice 'cash and carry' in private consultation in the regional hospital?What can government do about the illegal procurement and illicit claims related to the insurance?The insurance in some countries who adopted Ghana's NHIS is working because there is committed desire by patriotic citizens in those country to ensure it actually serve the interest of the poor.In Ghana it is the opposite because the insurance is seen as an avenue of wealth generation is fraud with massive corruption motivated by greed.The corruption chain is extensive involving top men.Mrs Hinson's concerns may be genuine but misplaced in the sense that the poor particularly the rural folks have been badly hit by a deplorable NHIS.I have seen a number of cases where teenagers died from unsafe abortions in a district i worked in the north.One of them was a victim of a student nurse who used quinine iv in an attempt at termination.Why is the insurance not effective in rendering essential services in reproductive and child health?Where is the concept of safe motherhood gone?It takes responsible patriotic leadership and effective collaboration in public institutions to ensure crucial social interventions like the insurance work.Such social interventions can only work if civil society particularly leadership have nationalistic ideas in protecting same rather than seeking parochial interest motivated by greed.We know our politicians and for that matter government can definitely not be absolved from blame but Mrs Hinson should also advocate for protection of the insurance on the part of civil society beginning with those who manage it particularly service providers and specifically public institutions under Ghana Health Service.
he is a son of a dog
Effia Nkwanta hospital is a classical example of how how service induced moral hazards is killing the NHIS nationwide.Some of us have no doubt that the country will be forced back to cash and carry because of the open gargant ...
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he resembles a monkey