News:
April 16, 2013
The Member of Parliament for Sissala East, Alijata Sulemana has renewed the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) cards for 304 women in her constituency.
The National Health Insurance Scheme Cards over the years has been the means by which several Ghanaians access health care as it is cheaper.
However access to quality health care by women in the Sissala East constituency especially the needy has become difficult as they have no money to renew their cards whenever they expire, a situation that endangers the lives of the constituents.
To address these health concerns of her people, Hon. Alijata Sulemana made the kind gesture to ensure that the poor women and children whenever sick are not left to their fate but rather seek medical attention.
Speaking to GhanaMPs.gov.gh, Alijata Sulemana stated that she desires to see most of the beneficiaries who are widows and do not have meaningful means of livelihood, happy and getting along with their lives.
She bemoaned the situation where these widows are often deserted by society, an attitude that contributed to their early death.
“I renewed their cards for them because I want them to know that they are still loved and that there is life after death of their husbands and it’s also important for them to move on in life after their husbands are no more, I want to give them hope’’, she said.
Kwadwo Anim/GhanaMPs.gov.gh