The Kwara State Government has enrolled further 21,750 indigents in free well being insurance bundle for the following one 12 months.
Added to 29,000 Kwarans sponsored via the FG-funded Basic Health Care Provision Fund (BHCPF), which the state invested in, the 21,750 new enrollees carry the entire beneficiaries of free healthcare in the state to 51,750 for 2022-2023.
At the official launch of the Phase II of well being insurance enrollment in Ilorin on Friday, Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq stated the administration has invested closely in the procurement of latest medical tools and employment well being personnel to spice up the state’s capability to ship high quality healthcare companies to a median Kwaran.
He stated with the indigents newly enrolled into the state free well being insurance scheme, the administration was making one other landmark achievement in the well being sector.
The programme was organised by the Kwara State Health Insurance Agency (KWHIA) underneath Dr. Olubunmi Jettawo-Winter.
“We are writing another success story of our administration today. Today, we are enrolling 21,750 indigents into our free health insurance scheme. Added to some 29,000 indigents whose subscriptions we have also renewed under the Basic Health Insurance Provision Fund, this brings to 51,750 the tally of people who will access free healthcare for the year 2022-2023. I am glad that thousands of working class people have also subscribed on their own,” the governor stated.
Represented by the Secretary to the State Government, Prof. Mamman Saba Jibril, AbdulRazaq stated the scheme covers antenatal care, deliveries, surgical procedures, diabetes and bronchial asthma, amongst different continual and non-chronic diseases for the beneficiaries.
“This explains why our state is rising as a shiny spot in nationwide well being indices.
“This did not just happen. It is all a culmination of our serious efforts in the sector. Our investments in new medical gadgets, facilities and personnel have boosted our capacity to offer improved healthcare delivery,” he stated.
The governor stated for the primary time in the state, the administration has made obtainable N100 million fairness funds to enroll the indigents, including that the federal government has additionally paid the counterpart funds that certified Kwara to be a part of the BHCPF programme of the federal authorities.
He recommended the Executive Secretary of the Agency, Dr. Olubunmi Jettawo-Winter, and her group for doing a great job, and appreciated the individuals of the state for his or her confidence in the programme.
The spouse of the governor, Mrs Olufolake AbdulRqzaq, stated the programme was a transparent testomony of honest dedication of the current administration to the welfare of the individuals of Kwara State.
The governor’s spouse stated her workplace and the Ajike People Support Centre have been complementing the federal government’s efforts by enrolling individuals dwelling with sickle cell into the scheme in 2021 and 2022 to offer care to the sickle cell warriors throughout the state.
Jettawo-Winter stated the federal government launched the scheme in 2020 to supply high quality and inexpensive healthcare companies to all Kwarans, protecting a minimum of 10,000 indigents for the take-off.
She stated the company has between 2020 and 2022 carried out 107 surgical procedures, together with 48 cesarean sections and 138 deliveries; managed over 200 diabetic and hypertensive instances; with a minimum of 1,324 different companies through the interval.
Jettawo-Winter stated the governor has accepted an extra N100 million fairness fund for 2022.
