…@N35 per day, N250 weekly,
N1,000 monthly
In furtherance of its
resolve to make life more abundant for Nigerians, the country's most
empowering telecoms , Globacom has entered into partnership with National
Health Insurance Scheme to help improve access to quality health care among
Nigerian population.
Tagged "Mobile Health
Insurance", the product was formally unveiled in Abuja on
Monday by top Globacom officials and senior officials of the National Health
Insurance Scheme (NHIS).
Briefing journalists at the
press conference, Globacom’s Regional Chief Marketing Officer, Mr. Ashok
Israni, said the package was developed in partnership with the NHIS to take
health care of millions of Nigerians through their telephone handsets.
“There are millions of
Nigerians yet to tap into the immense benefits of health insurance. This
initiative will open a viable avenue for some of these people to come under the
health insurance coverage, enabling them to sign up for one of the many Health
Management Organisations accommodated in the scheme,” said Israni.
According to him, Glo
subscribers are required to dial *616# on their mobile phones and be instantly
admitted to the Glo Health platform, where they can follow a simple
registration process.
Once they subscribe,
Globacom customers will be able to use their mobile phones for pre-defined
medical treatment for which affordable premiums are remitted through the
subscribers’ mobile phone.
The platform, according to him, also guarantees Globacom customers
and other Nigerians free medical consultation and medication in over 8,000
hospitals in the country.
Israni said Globacom’s
package comes with supply of drugs free of charge from NHIS accredited
operators across the country for subscribers who are consistent in the payment
of their premiums.
He explained that the
premiums have been deliberately made affordable for virtually everyone. He said
subscribers can pay N35 per day, N250 per week or N1000 per month to qualify to
benefit from the mobile insurance package.
“We do not know when we
will fall sick and require medical attention. The beauty of health insurance is
that it takes away the burden of worrying whether you will have any money left
in your account or in your wallet when next you fall sick. With health
insurance cover, anytime you fall sick, you can rest assured that you will have
access to quality medical treatment even if you have nothing left in your
wallet or in your bank account,” he said.
He said the product will go
a long way in realizing the national objective of extending health insurance to
Nigerians regardless of their financial status or social class.
“Together with our
partners, Salt & Einstein MTS and NHIS, Globacom is committed to achieving universal
health coverage for all Nigerians within the shortest time possible,” Israni
concluded.
The Executive Secretary of NHIS, Dr. Femi Thomas, said that the
scheme lessens the cost of treatment for subscribers by allowing them to share
the health care cost. He thanked Globacom for collaborating with the other
partners on the innovative scheme.
The Chairman of Salt & Einstein MTS, Dr. Ernest Ndukwe, stated
that the scheme will help to encourage Nigerians to seek medicare when they are
sick without being afraid of its cost. According to him, with the new product,
the fear of health care cost among Nigerians would disappear.
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