Abia State Government has provided the sum of 500 million Naira for the formal take-off of the State Health Insurance Scheme for civil servants in the State.
Addressing Newsmen at end of this week’s Executive council meeting, the Commissioner for Information, Prince Okey Kanu, noted that the insurance scheme would enable civil servants to enjoy medical services from service providers.
Prince Kanu, pointed out that all the civil servants are to enrol in the scheme, adding that the Governor has decided to pay 2.5 percent for the workers to encourage the them enrol in the scheme while workers are expected to provide the remaining 2.5 percent.
The Information Commissioner further announced that the State Government has approved comprehensive upgrade and remodeling of Abia State University Teaching Hospital (ABSUTH), Aba in line with the Governor’s transformation agenda in the health sector.
He also made public that the Abia State Specialist Hospital has regained its Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria’s accreditation status for the training of medical students, noting that the accreditation came with an increase in the training quota from 24 to 36 of suc
Answering questions from newsmen on the Health Insurance Scheme, the Commissioner for Health Professor Enoch Ogbonnaya said that having commenced the contribution, employees of Abia state government will start accessing the services in 3-months time.
He said employees of Government are entitled to 4-dependants in addition to their spouses, adding that modalities are being worked out to accommodate the informal sector.
The Health Commissioner also announced that Governor Otti has approved fund for the upgrade of the Amachara General Hospital to a world Class Hospital, pointing out that Government is using an integrated approach from the primary to tertiary health care with a view to making it accessible to citizens especially the vulnerable group.
