The founder and Executive Director of Obiri Foundation, Mr Stephen Obiri Yeboah has recommended the need for Government to restructure Ghana’s National Health Insurance coverage Plan (NHIS) to pave way for integration of free health screening and other clinical examination to further improve the health of the citizenry.
He nited that the incorporation of free health screening into the plan would assist with further improving the access to medical care ,in this way reassuring the populace to know their health status to prevent untimely death .
Mr Stephen Obiri Yeboah made this remark when he exclusively spoke to Ghanaian Watch on the sideline of free health screening his association coordinated for a number of communities in Nhyieso Constituency in Kumasi.
The free screening which was coordinated for three consecutive weekends in the various including Patasi,Fankyenebra,Santasi,
Ahodwo,Atasomanso and Daban saw a number of people close to thousand(1000) screened for Hipatitis, Diabetes, Malaria , Hypertention among other ailments.
Speaking in an interview with Ghanaian Watch at Daban Ahebronum , Mr Stephen Obiri Yeboah , a social worker and a community development activist , noted that as part of his work, he understood that there are huge number of Ghanaians who don’t possess the financial capacity to go for health screening and in this way his organization consider the need to give free health screening for them.
He indicated that it was significant they showed that drive to give free access to individuals, particularly the poor to work on their wellbeing and consequently asked the government to include free health screening under the National Health Insurance coverage Policy .
” What I would propose to the government or policy makers is that they ought to put health screening as a major and significant component under the National Health Insurance to prevent unexpected death ”
He used the opportunity to appeal to other kindhearted organizations and people to help them to coordinate such free medical care to people , particularly those living in the poor communities in Ghana.