A Member of Parliament’s Health Committee, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, has asked the Ministry of Finance to immediately release National Health Insurance Levy (NHIL) funds due to the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS).
Mr Akandoh called on the government to make the necessary provision for pharmaceutical manufacturers as the lack of funds poses a threat to the country’s health sector.
He stated that the NHIL is to help prevent Ghanaians who cannot afford healthcare services from dying.
He also said that the Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association of Ghana and the Chamber of Pharmacy Ghana had not been paid for some time, resulting in the halt of medicine supply to accredited National Health Insurance Authority-approved facilities.
According to Mr Akandoh, this has affected healthcare delivery to the citizens.
Meanwhile, the Chief Executive Officer of the Chamber of Pharmacy Ghana, Anthony Ameka, has also expressed similar frustrations over monies owed to them.” If I supply medicines to a facility and every month I am paying interest on loans; you just imagine how much the facilities owe me,” he lamented.
Mr Ameka revealed that the Chamber would become more flexible” immediately we receive all the monies that the facilities owe us,” he noted.
