I am dying! Amidst the confusion of SHIF, dialysis patients are left with no other option other than sell their livestock to pay for treatment.
The Chief Executive Officer of the Community Health Authority (SHA), Elijah Wachira, has called on all health workers in the country to continue using the Insurance Claims Management System for the admission and discharge of patients in in hospitals.
This latest development comes as the country’s high blood pressure patients depended on the critical services provided earlier under the NHIF scheme in most hospitals. independent, but under the new Social Health Fund (SHIF) is difficult.
The confusion surrounding the transition from NHIF to SHA is putting the lives of Kenyans at risk.
For example, seventy-six-year-old James Kanyori is a blood thinner and a bitter man from Nakuru who visits a private hospital for blood transfusion.
This is his second attempt of the day. However, the hospital refused to provide him with palliative care, a service he was able to get earlier under the defunct NHIF scheme.
Kanyori left the hospital without proper care because there was no money to pay for basic services.
Left with option to sell their livestock
Her husband, who is on sedation twice a week, is having a heart attack as the family tries to raise money for the treatment but has no money to do so.
You are notified that you must continue to use the Hospital Insurance Claims System to enroll and discharge patients at your facility while SHA delivery is ongoing. The system will remain in place and run in parallel while the department implements the new provider portal, which will be used to verify and process claims.”.
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