9,500 PWDs Get Free Health Insurance Cards In Osun

Governor Ademola Adeleke on Tuesday, presented free health insurance cards for 9,500 People Living With Disability in Osun State.

The governor also distributed life-support gadgets, including – wheelchairs (manual and automated), crutches, walking sticks, talking watches, artificial limbs, hearing aids, ultraviolet umbrellas, cream, and glasses to the PWDs.

Speaking during the programme held at Freedom Park, Osogbo, Adeleke said some of the people with disabilities will undergo free surgical procedures to cure their ailments.

He also noted that over twenty-five thousand pensioners have also been registered by his administration into the State Social Health Insurance Scheme free of charge.

“You will recall that earlier this year, I gave the directive to Osun Health Insurance Agency (OSHIA) to enroll all pensioners in Osun State into the State Social Health Insurance Scheme, popularly known as Osun Health Insurance Scheme (OHIS), to receive unlimited healthcare free of charge. This instruction was promptly carried out and over twenty-five thousand pensioners are now benefiting from this trail-blazing gesture.

“I am extremely glad that today I am presenting the OHIS card for access to free healthcare to the group of people living with disability across the state. I am not only presenting the cards, but I am also providing them with life-support gadgets and state-of-the-art medical aids that will make their existence more meaningful. They are my people; they voted for me, and they have been doing everything to support me.

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“Thousands of wheelchairs (manual and automated), crutches, walking sticks, talking watches, artificial limbs, hearing aids, ultraviolet umbrellas, cream, and glasses – for albinos and many more other gadgets. Some of these people with disabilities will also undergo free surgical procedures to cure their ailments.

“We have quite a lot to do for our people and we are poised to do everything. This is a testimony of our faithfulness to our people. Your health is our concern just like the lower school rhyme “Good, better, best; may we never rest till my good is better and my better is best.”

In his welcome address, the Executive Secretary of Osun Health Insurance Agency (OSHIA), Dr. Rasaq Akindele, said over 300 people living with Human 8mmunodeficiency Virus (HIV), have been registered with OHIS.

He added that the Agency conducted regular staff training to ensure optimum discharge of their duties, lauding the state governor for his support to the agency.

“The Agency has Inaugurated an Ethics and Research committee for research purposes and handling of the Agency’s data for verifiable inferences, for planning purposes, and to attract developmental partners.

“The agency has also enrolled more than three hundred (>300) people living with HIV into the OHIS free of charge. Also, regular training and retraining of staff to ensure optimum discharge of their duties are being carried out,” he added.