{"id":460218,"date":"2018-01-31T18:51:27","date_gmt":"2018-01-31T18:51:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/01\/31\/nhia-probes-tema-general-hospital-extortion\/"},"modified":"2018-01-31T18:51:27","modified_gmt":"2018-01-31T18:51:27","slug":"nhia-probes-tema-general-hospital-extortion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/01\/31\/nhia-probes-tema-general-hospital-extortion\/","title":{"rendered":"NHIA probes Tema General Hospital extortion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Wednesday, 31 January 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>classfmonline.com<\/p>\n<p>2018-01-31<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/66547814.295.jpg\" alt=\"Tgh Extortion\" title=\"Tgh Extortion\" width=\"295\" height=\"184\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>File Photo<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125813973067\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813973067\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/1517424687_80_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Officials of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) are expected to visit the Tema General Hospital today, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 over information that a pregnant woman in labour was unlawfully charged GHS750 before delivery. <\/p>\n<p>Under the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), registered pregnant women are entitled to free care and delivery.<\/p>\n<p>According to the authority, they have already intercepted a scanned copy of the receipt of the alleged extortion and the perpetrators will not be left off the hook if the allegations is proven beyond reasonable doubt.<\/p>\n<p>Communications Manager of NHIA, Barima Sarpong, who confirmed the incident to Class News, said: \u201cIt is true that somebody, after delivery, has been charged GHS750, and, so, this morning we\u2019ll go to the Tema General Hospital, and, as it were, find out [the truth].\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He continued: \u201cIf the person had normal delivery or caesarean section and the person is covered, you don\u2019t have to take any money from them. They [management of the hospital] will have to explain the reason for taking that money and that is where we\u2019ll determine wrong or right, but, as it were, you don\u2019t have to pay if you are covered.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added: \u201cWe are yet to ascertain the reason for the payment of the money because a scan copy of the receipt has been sighted, so yes, we can confirm the payment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr Sarpong noted that if it the patient was unlawfully charged, sanctions will apply.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: -1 updated by: -1 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General News of Wednesday, 31 January 2018 Source: classfmonline.com 2018-01-31 File Photo Officials of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) are expected to visit the Tema General Hospital today, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 over information that a pregnant woman in labour was unlawfully charged GHS750 before delivery. 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