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Nigeria: '280,000 Benefitted From Free Health Services'
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This Day (Lagos)
12 May 2008
Posted to the web 12 May 2008
Lagos
Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Dr Jide Idris,has said that no fewer than 280,000 Lagosians and residents of neighbouring states have so far benefited from the free health scheme of the state government.
Idris said the key component of the programme, the Eko Free Health Mission, is now at the Mainland Local Government Area of the state.
According to him, the Free Health Scheme Programme, an initiative of the last administration sustained by the present administration, is in line with the campaign promise of the state governor to make qualitative health-care delivery accessible to all residents of Lagos, irrespective of income, tribe, race or political leanings.
Idris said the scope of services covered by the scheme includes free treatment of Malaria, which has been extended to Local Government Area, free treatment of children aged 12 years and below, free treatment of adults aged 60 ears and above; and free ante-natal care services for pregnant women.Other areas covered by the scheme include ambulance boat services to cover riverine areas, and free treatment of publicservants, their spouse and four dependent aged 18 yearsbelow, adding that special programmes such as free TB/Leprosy treatment, blindness prevention, limbdeformity corrective surgery, cleft lip/palate repair,cardiac surgery, breast cancer screening and schoolmilk programme are also part of the free healthscheme.
Giving a breakdown of the achievements recorded under the free health scheme, Idris said 164, 290 children aged 12 years and below have benefited from the scheme, 54, 992 adult aged 60 years and above have also benefited, 18, 929public servants are also beneficiaries; 55 people havebeen given free health service reimbursements; while 68persons were sponsored for overseas medical treatment, among others.
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