The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has made payments totaling GH₵1 million to hospitals under the free dialysis intervention of the health insurance scheme. This includes advance payment for September and arrears for the months of July and August 2024. The six service providers include the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), Cape Coast Teaching Hospital […]
The celebrated heart surgeon and founder of the National Cardiothoracic Center, Professor Frimpong-Boateng has thrown his weight behind Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital’s decision to increase the price of dialysis which backfired after public uproar. According to him, the inputs needed for dialysis are very expensive and without any increase or subsidy, it cannot be sustained. Even […]
The Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH) has announced that a proposed price adjustment for renal dialysis services has not yet been approved by the management of the hospital. A notice by the hospital went viral on social media earlier in the week, indicating that the cost of renal dialysis had been increased from GHS¢380 to GHS¢765.42. […]
