In response to increasing cost of dialysis, health students are calling for inclusion of dialysis on NHIS. The National Health Students Association of Ghana (NHSAG) has thrown its support behind the inclusion of dialysis on the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) following the continuous hike in the cost of dialysis.
Price for dialysis has been shot from GHS¢380 to GHS¢765.42. This has caused generated worry amongst patients.
In the work of these complains, Daniel Onomah Asamoah, President of the NHSA, has called on the government to alleviate the financial burden on affected individuals by covering the treatment costs. “We’ve presented proposals to the government, one around the removal of import duties on dialysis consumables and treatment, and another fighting its integration into the National Insurance Scheme”, he assured.
A number of people were blown away when they heard Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital soar the cost per dialysis session from GHS¢380 to GHS¢765.42. The move drew criticism from the Minority Caucus in Parliament. They found it illegal and excessive and called for an immediate reversal.
Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, a former Cardiothoracic surgeon at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, has put in his to cents on the financial constraints hospitals come upon in procuring and keeping advanced medical equipment for treatments like dialysis.
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