KADJEBI HEALTH INSURANCE SCHEME NEEDS CLAIMS MANAGER (PAGE 20)

THE absence of a substantive manager and a claims manager is threatening to erode the gains chalked up by the Kadjebi District Health Insurance Scheme in the Volta Region.
The scheme also has no board to provide guidelines for its operations.
This picture was painted at the Second Saints Day Celebration at the Mary Theresa Hospital at Dodi-Papase in the Kadjebi District last Wednesday, during which 17 employees were rewarded.
The Administrator of the hospital, Mr Stannard Issah Mahama, noted that if the scheme derailed, it would be a big blow to the district where about 87 per cent of the people were NHIS card holders and poor farmers.
He said the hospital, which is 46 years old, had brought succour to its clients in the rural areas, claiming that last two years the facility recorded 543 deliveries without any loss of life.
Mr Mahama expressed concern over the fact that the hospital was operating without qualified health personnel.
For its part, he said, the management of the hospital had instituted incentive packages to attract and retain such personnel and it was sponsoring midwives and nurses in nurses training colleges in the country.
The administrator expressed happiness that the management had secured the services of two doctors, a Ghanaian and a Nigerian.
He called for the early completion of the hospital mortuary and the theatre project.
The Director of the Jasikan Catholic Diocese, Reverend Father Kofi Appiah, commended the staff of the hospital for offering their best in trying conditions.
He however bemoaned refusal of some doctors and nurses to accept posting to the rural areas and assured them that although they might not be confortable and rich in such deprived communities, the patients they served would carry them in their hearts as treasures for generations.
The 17 workers who were rewarded for their dedicated services and hard work received various items, ranging from table-top fridges, cooking utensils and blenders.
Mr Charles Gadzeah, a Laboratory Technician, was adjudged the overall best worker.