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Stop peddling
false information about the NHIS
Kumasi, Jan 23, Ghanadot/GNA - Mr. Franklin
Okyere, Public Relations Officer (PRO) at the Asokwa office
of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) in Kumasi,
has cautioned people peddling false information about the
NHIS to desist from such acts since it could not only
discourage people from patronizing the scheme but also lead
to its collapse.
He said he was not happy that as soon as President John Atta
Mills was sworn into office certain people started going
round with rumours that staff of the scheme had been showing
lackadaisical attitude towards work to sabotage the new
government.
Speaking to the Ghana News Agency (GNA) in Kumasi he said
recruitment of staff into the scheme was strictly on merit
and due process was followed so there was no proof that the
entire staff of the scheme belonged to a political party.
He said staffs of the scheme were at post and cautioned
people not to allow themselves to be deceived by some
politicians who have intended to use them to achieve their
selfish gains at the expense of the nation’s development.
The PRO said workers of the scheme were doing everything
possible to enhance its development and called on card
bearers to continue to use them as well as those who want to
go and register to do sot.
Mr. Okyere also refuted the allegation that NHIS card
bearers were only given paracetamol tablets when they
visited health facilities where the card is accepted and
said these were attempts calculated at discouraging people
from registering with the scheme.
He appealed to the government to review the payment of funds
for claims which are released quarterly to enable them pay
their service providers who keep chasing them and sometimes
threatened to discontinue working with them.
GNA
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