The Executive Secretary, Osun Health Insurance Agency, OSHIA, Dr Rasaq Akindele has disclosed that it has sponsored five renal transplants for its enrollees on compassionate grounds.
Speaking with newsmen in Osogbo, Osun State on Wednesday, he said the agency’s concern for the well-being of the residents prompted enlarging its scope of coverage to include orthopaedic surgery.
He said the agency’s major objective is to ensure that vulnerable residents in the state have access to quality healthcare, as statistics available to the agency showed that the majority of untimely deaths occurred due to unavailability of funds to access healthcare services.
According to him, in a bid to ensure more access to quality healthcare delivery, we have expanded the scope to include surgery even in orthopaedic.
“We have even sponsored five renal transplants for our enrollees rather than leaving them to look for help from heaven. We have also sponsored three complete hip replacements for some of our enrollees”.
He added that the focus of the agency is to expand the numbers of the informal sector from the present 13,000 to three million within the next five years.
“Presently, we have 244,000 civil servants on the agency’s enrollment but our major focus is to embark on informal sector enrollment drive to expand our scope of service delivery.
“Our single person enrollment fee is N12,066 while for a family of six only required N57,600. This covers medical care, including surgeries such as caesarian section, orthopedic surgery, ovarian mass among many others”, he added
