The Guild of Medical Directors (GMD) has appealed to the Federal Government to review the leadership of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) in the interest of peace and harmony.
The National President of the guild, Dr. Femi Babalola, said on Wednesday in Abuja that primary health care should be left to the primary health care centers.
He said that government should mandate compulsory enrolment of all eligible Nigerian families into the NHIS.
He noted that the current structure of the scheme involving the NHIS, the Health Management Organisations (HMOs), the service providers (hospitals) and the enrollees, can be significantly improved upon.
He further said there was a need to fine-tune the relationship between these organizations in such a way that high-quality service would be delivered to the enrollees.
“Other African countries such as Ghana and Kenya have embraced a similar scheme and have enrolled up to 69 percent of their populations, while here in Nigeria we have enrolled less than two percent of our population.
“We therefore strongly advocate for the introduction of mandatory enrolment by all eligible families in the country,” he said
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