NHIS registers more people in Central Region

The introduction of the Biometric Registration System into the operations of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) has generated interest and enthusiasm in more people in the Central Region.

A survey conducted by the GNA has revealed that almost all the scheme offices in the Region are choked daily with hundreds of prospective clients eager to either register fresh or renew their cards.

Areas the GNA visited during the three-day survey included Abura-Asebu-Kwamankese, Agona, Assin –Foso, Awutu – Effutu –Senya, Kasoa, Saltpond, and Gomoa District Offices of the NHIA.

Majority of prospective clients who spoke to the GNA during the survey attributed their rekindled interest in the NHIS policy to the instant production of the cards.

Hitherto, prospective clients were asked to wait for three months before their ID cards were printed in Accra and sent to their regions for distribution.

Mr. Bright Inkoom, a self-employed man and a member of the Awutu –Effutu Senya Scheme, commended the change over and appealed to the NHIA employees in the Region to work hard to meet the increasing demands of clients.

Mr. Inkoom expressed appreciation to employees of the Awutu Effutu Senya Scheme for the high commitment they have attached to the work.

Mr. Joseph Yaw Owusu-Kwarteng, a former Public Relations officer of the Scheme, appealed to the government to equip the NHIA branch offices in the Region with more biometric registration machines.