Medical Doctor recommends NHIS for Nigerians

Date: 2017-05-15

A Private medical Practitioner, Doctor YUSUF AbdulRaheem has described the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) has a good governmental programme of the federal government particularly in this period of recession the nation is going through .

According to him , seventy percent of patients that now visit hospitals for one ailment or the other are beneficiaries of the scheme as most people now find it rather difficult to purchase drugs or even visit their doctors. Doctor AbdulRaheem who is the Chief Medical Director of Yusjib Industrial Medicare Hospital , Ilorin expressed these views in Ilorin, the KWARA State capital while answering questions on a Radio KWARA Health programme , Health Half Hour.

The medical practitioner lamented that most sick people that are not registered or captured under the NHIS, result to staying at home due to their low purchasing power to pay for hospital treatment or purchase drugs.

According to him, the scheme had also reduced the high rate of emergency cases in our hospitals and appealed to his doctor colleagues to make proper use of the scheme in even treating other patients in a situation where opportunities arise. He therefore appealed to state and local governments that their staff are yet to key into the scheme to do so without further delay in their own interest and in the entire interest of the citizenry.

Doctor AbdulRaheem urged Nigerians to take cognizance of their health status where ever they work or the job they do more so as it relates to their health system and appealed to employers of Labour to adhere strictly and ensure enforcement of industrial laws.

The medical practitioner said one should be wary of non communicable diseases such as systemic hypertension , obesity , diabetes Miletus and asthma and ensure that he or she visits the doctor regularly for check up to guide against complications more so with the changes in the life style of most Nigerians. Doctor AbdulRaheem enjoined Nigerians particularly those managing non communicable diseases to inculcate the idea of excising their bodies on their daily basis and make it part of their life style.

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Kulende-UITH     Admiralty Villa     Otuka     Iyaloja-General     Saduki Lafiagi     Mohammed Kamaludeen     John Olajide Adedipe     Kola Adesina     Valsolar     Tsado Manman     Emir Of Yashikira     Oyedun Juliana Funke     Mohammed Lawal     Shuaibu Yaman Abdullahi     Isaac Aderemi Kolawole     Barakat Community Secondary School     Logun     Tafidan Kaiama     Yahaya Dumoye     Aminat Ahmed     Timothy Olatunde Fadipe     Fola Consultant     IHS Towers     Mustapha Olanipekun     Olayinka Oladapo Jogunola     Olupako     Split Diamond Interchange     Mohammed Halidu     Ajakaye     David Oyepinola Adedumoye     Abdulmumini AbdulRazaq     Bayer Nigeria Limited     Sulyman Abdulkareem     Hassan Saliu     Ibrahim Abikan     COVID     Ubandoma     Mahee Abdulkadir     Chartered Institute Of Personnel Management Of Nigeria     Ayodele Olaosebikan     Suleiman Mora Omar     Nigerian Army     Isapa     Share     Sambo Murtala     Imam Gambari     Tayo Alao     Haashim Initiative For Community Advancement     Eghe Igbinehi     Yahaya Abdulkareem     Arinola Fatimoh Lawal     Presidential Election     Patigi Regatta     Adamu Attah     Sebastine Obasi     Olota Of Odo-Owa     Bello Taoheed Abubakar     Ilorin West/Asa Federal Constituency     Ilorin Central Mosque     Raliat Islamic Foundation     Al-Ilory     Amuda Aluko     Adeniyi Ojo     Omotosho     Jide Oyinloye     Omotoso     Ekiti     Afeyin-Olukuta     Salihu Alhaji Musa     Joseph Bamigboye     Shonga Farm Project     Salami Adekunle     Olusegun Adeniyi     Omoniyi Ayinla     Waziri Yakubu Gobir     Muazam Nayaya     Modupe Oluwole    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Abubakar Ndakene     Azeez Bello     Osinbajo     Amasa     Pacify Labs     Ayekale     Ijagbo     Senate     Onilorin     Funmilayo Zubair     Kwara 2015     Ola Falade     Akeem Olatunji     Balogun-Ojomu     Kale Belgore     Www.Kwarareports.com     Ndama Al-hassan     Abdulahi Abubakar Bata     Abdulrazaq Solihudeen     Valsolar Consultoria     Sidikat Uthman Ajibola     Basic Education Certificate Examination     KWTV     Abdulrasaq Alaro     Christopher Tunji Ayeni     Cassava Growers\' Association     Tunde Yusuf     Alao Ayotunde     Awodun     Babs Iwarere     Damilola Yusuf Adelodun     Age AbdulKareem     Saadu Yusuf     Lawal Arinola Kudirat     Katibi Ibraheem Adeola     Elewu     John Mayokun Dada     Kupchi Hosea Maxwell     Grillo     Yahaya Seriki     Kazeem Adekanye     Olupako Of Share     Saheed Popoola     Naira Redesign     Kwara Teaching Service Commission     George Innih     Ayodele Shittu     Islamiya Abdulraheem     Sanitation Exercise     Saliu Mustapha     Allocation     Volunteers Of Ilorin Community And The Emirate     Emir Of Kano     Agboola Abdulraheem     Lukman Oyebanji Fagbemi     Gbajabiamila     Yomi Adeboye     Yusuf Zulu-Gambari     Centre For Community Empowerment And Poverty Eradication     Halimah Perogi     Sa\'adu Salau     Hydro-electric Power Producing Areas Development Commission     Tafida     Yomi Ogunsola     Waziri Yakubu Gobir     Mustapha Akanbi     Yusuf Babatunde Abdulwahab     Mahe Abdulkadir     Saidu Yaro Musa     Shero     Wale Oladepo     Timothy Olatunde Fadipe     Abubakar Usman Jos     Alore     KWASAA     Ilesha-Gwanara     Pius Abioje