The Ghana Kidney Association (GKA) has commended the government’s decision to provide free dialysis sessions to kidney patients under the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) but urged the government to make the support permanent.
The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) recently announced that patients under 18 and over 60 years old will receive all eight dialysis sessions per month for free, effective June 1 to December 2024.
Patients between 19 and 59 years old will receive two free dialysis sessions per month.
In a statement on Tuesday, the Ghana Kidney Association while expressing appreciation called on the government to extend the support to all patient categories and make it a permanent feature of the NHIS.
The Association also urged the government to pass the draft legislative framework for organ transplant into law, stating that it is the most cost-effective kidney replacement therapy.
Meanwhile, the association has expressed concerns about prompt reimbursement for the services, citing previous delays in NHIA payments.
Find below the statement
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