NHIA, Faith Foundation Clinic and Maternity resolve dispute over contributory health scheme

National Health Insurance Authority and Faith Foundation Clinic and maternity have resolved the seeming rift reported Friday, 1st December in LENS, an online newspaper.

A patient covered by “Wise health,” a product of the National Health Insurance Scheme had expressed reservation Friday over the delay in being attended to in Faith Foundation Clinic and maternity owing to unresolved official issues bothering on outstanding arrears of payment which led to the delisting of NHIA as the facility no longer handle secondary medical cases.

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Speaking to a LENS Reporter over the issue, the desk officer at Faith Foundation Clinic and maternity in the presence of an officer from NHIA explained that they had written to them of their intention to discontinue offering secondary health services to clients, and had briefed the client accordingly, but were surprised at the turn out though blaming incidence on communication breakdown from both sides.

The NHIA officer who spoke on condition of anonymity on Monday December 4, 2023 promised to amicably resolve the issue and appealed to the management of Faith Foundation Clinic and maternity to see to the speedy recovery of the patient in line with their vision of being 21st century health facility in Cross River State.

The patient Agbo Bassey was responding to treatment as at the time of filing this report.

By: Archibong Emmanuel
(Snr. Reporter)