Cancer patients to get up to N400,000 radiotherapy support from NHIA

Cancer patients requiring radiotherapy volition present person fiscal enactment of up to N400,000 nether a caller cost-sharing programme introduced by the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA).

The Director-General of the authority, Dr Kelechi Ohiri, announced the involution successful Abuja during an interrogation with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), saying the programme was designed to marque crab attraction much affordable for Nigerians.

Under the arrangement, eligible patients volition person a 50 per cent simplification successful the outgo of radiotherapy, with the NHIA’s publication constricted to N400,000 per patient.

Ohiri said the determination was driven by concerns implicit the rising outgo of crab treatment, which has prevented galore patients from accessing radiotherapy, peculiarly those with superior oregon precocious cases.

He explained that the NHIA was moving with oncology centres crossed the state to amended the availability and prime of radiotherapy services.

According to him, the authorization besides plans to accredit much attraction centres and fortify practice with aesculapian instrumentality suppliers and pharmaceutical companies to grow entree to modern crab care.

The NHIA brag said the involution was not constricted to radiotherapy, arsenic the authorization was besides widening security sum for different cancer-related services done its ceremonial assemblage programme and the Group Individual and Family So...