Garki Hospital links its healthcare success to PPP
Since Garki Hospital was taken over by Nisa Premier Hospital under a public-private partnership agreement in 2007, the hospital has treated over two million patients, recorded over 40 surgeries open heart, 26 kidney transplants with over 100 hip and knee joint replacement surgeries while subsidizing IVF services.
Medical Director of Garki Hospital, Dr. Adamu Onu who made the revelation during the visit of a WHO investigation team to Garki Hospital, Abuja, said that the he hospital, due to reforms since 2016, currently has 35,555 NHIS clients and 8,118 registrants. on the FCT health insurance register.
The WHO team, led by Dr Joseph Kutzin, Head of Health Financing and Governance in Geneva, included Dr Juliet Nabyonga, Fahdi Dkhimi, Kingsley Addai and Dr Francis Ukwuije . It also included the Director General of the National Health Insurance Authority, Dr. Mohammed Sambo.
Dr. Onu said that Garki Hospital has been able to bridge the gap between quality health care and the population due to the success of the PPP arrangement which enables the hospital to offer high-end health services at an affordable cost.
He added: "Two thirds of the patients who use this hospital have health insurance, so unreimbursed patients are actually a minority and even the NHIS itself recognizes this and sees us as a model hospital for the NHIS across this country.
"We have become so efficient that an NHIS or Medicare patient can see three specialists in one day. Here you can see the cardiologist, neurologist and endocrinologist in one day."< /p>
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Dr Onu said that to ensure that more Nigerians can access quality health care through the health insurance scheme, the scheme needs improved documentation of its beneficiaries and their records as well as streamline its areas of insurance coverage.
Dr Kutzin, also head of health financing and governance in Geneva, said the team had come to Nigeria to explore ways to help with health financing to promote health care. universal healthcare so that all Nigerians, regardless of socio-economic class, can gain equal access.
The federal government recently announced its expansion of the health insurance system with the launch of a new health insurance package, the Individual and Family Social Health Insurance Program, GIFSHIP. This was the result of far-reaching and far-reaching reforms within the NHIS to dramatically increase fiscal space for health services.
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Since Garki Hospital was taken over by Nisa Premier Hospital under a public-private partnership agreement in 2007, the hospital has treated over two million patients, recorded over 40 surgeries open heart, 26 kidney transplants with over 100 hip and knee joint replacement surgeries while subsidizing IVF services.
Medical Director of Garki Hospital, Dr. Adamu Onu who made the revelation during the visit of a WHO investigation team to Garki Hospital, Abuja, said that the he hospital, due to reforms since 2016, currently has 35,555 NHIS clients and 8,118 registrants. on the FCT health insurance register.
The WHO team, led by Dr Joseph Kutzin, Head of Health Financing and Governance in Geneva, included Dr Juliet Nabyonga, Fahdi Dkhimi, Kingsley Addai and Dr Francis Ukwuije . It also included the Director General of the National Health Insurance Authority, Dr. Mohammed Sambo.
Dr. Onu said that Garki Hospital has been able to bridge the gap between quality health care and the population due to the success of the PPP arrangement which enables the hospital to offer high-end health services at an affordable cost.
He added: "Two thirds of the patients who use this hospital have health insurance, so unreimbursed patients are actually a minority and even the NHIS itself recognizes this and sees us as a model hospital for the NHIS across this country.
"We have become so efficient that an NHIS or Medicare patient can see three specialists in one day. Here you can see the cardiologist, neurologist and endocrinologist in one day."< /p>
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Dr Onu said that to ensure that more Nigerians can access quality health care through the health insurance scheme, the scheme needs improved documentation of its beneficiaries and their records as well as streamline its areas of insurance coverage.
Dr Kutzin, also head of health financing and governance in Geneva, said the team had come to Nigeria to explore ways to help with health financing to promote health care. universal healthcare so that all Nigerians, regardless of socio-economic class, can gain equal access.
The federal government recently announced its expansion of the health insurance system with the launch of a new health insurance package, the Individual and Family Social Health Insurance Program, GIFSHIP. This was the result of far-reaching and far-reaching reforms within the NHIS to dramatically increase fiscal space for health services.
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