… Pregnant Women
& Children to Get Free Services
Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo on Thursday flagged off the Oyo
State Health Insurance Scheme, saying that his administration is committed to
improving health care service delivery of the people.
The scheme was applauded by stakeholders in the health
industry in their goodwill messages at the flag off Ibadan.
The insurance scheme, the Governor said, will benefit the
poor as the registration has been pegged at N200 naira only and a monthly
premium fee of N650 naira. It will be free for children under age 5 and
pregnant women.
"This health insurance scheme is one among the various
health initiatives we offer our people to give them accessible and affordable
quality health care. The free health, where several people are being treated,
is presently going on across the state.
"We have improved safety and security across the state and
we want our people to support our agriculture initiatives for food security. We
are committed to making life meaningful to our people and everything humanly
possible to achieve this will be done," said Ajimobi.
The governor appealed to the people not to deviate in their
support for his administration and consequently urged them to get involved in
the state Health Insurance Agency.
In their separate goodwill messages, the Chief Medical
Director of University College Hospital, Professor Tope Alonge, the Managing
Director/CEO Ultimate Health Management Services, Mr. Lekan Ewenla and the
Managing Director of Alafia Hospital, Mr. Babatunde Agbaje commended the state
government for the initiative, saying that the scheme would give the citizenry
access to quality health care.
Professor Alonge promised that UCH would partner with the
state government to improve its health sector, appealing that the people should
take advantage of this first of its kind health insurance scheme by a state
government by being beneficiaries of affordable health care.
In his welcome address, the Commissioner of Health, Dr.
Azeez Adeduntan said that there is nowhere in the world that health is totally
free, explaining that health care is subsidized through health insurance
scheme.
The Acting Executive Secretary of Oyo State Health Insurance
Agency, Dr. Sola Akande said that the health insurance scheme is backed by an
enabling law for formal and informal sectors, saying that attempts by previous
administrations to institutionalise the health insurance in the state suffered
“Abortion at different stages of gestation”.
According to him, the scheme will cater for those who need
the services, and even those who cannot pay and promote a standard plan with a
benefit package that covers over 90 per cent of disease pattern communities
while the remaining 10 percent will come with top up packages for interested
residents.
He added that the scheme will provide immediate employment
for 627 health workers while local government health facilities will have more
than one medical officer rendering services to the people.
Akande added that some other residents of the state can be
gainfully employed at biometric centres and vouchers’ sales points.
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