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As a way of safeguarding the lives of patients as the covid 19 pandemic rages on, the national health insurance scheme NHIS has issued guidelines to the HealthCare Facilities (HCFs) and the Health Maintenance Organisations (HMOs) on certain actions to be taken towards protecting the interests of the enrollees in the current situation. The guidelines includes: enrolees must enjoy prompt and effective healthcare services inspite of general restrictions and outright lockdown in certain parts of the country. This guidelines was contained in a statement signed by Head, Media & Public…

The College of Nigerian Pathologists (CNP) has urged governments at all level to prioritize working material and welfare of health professionals who are at the frontline in the fight against coronavirus in Nigeria. It calls on the government to allocate part of the covid-19 budget for upgrading of laboratories across the country The CNP president professor Philip Olatunji raised the concern in a statement to address the inadequacies in the ongoing measures deployed by government to contain çovid-19 Professor Olatunji says ”those in the frontline must be fully supported and…

President Muhammadu Buhari has been urged to ensure the timely release of the budgetory allocations to health in full irrespective of dwindling oil prices due to coronavirus The chairman, National Advocates for Health, NAH, Professor Oladapo Ladipo, made this known in a statement in Abuja Professor Ladipo said the federal government needs to be committed to providing total allocation made for basic health provision fund, BHCPF, of N44.50 billion and N46 Billion allocated for the Health Capital Budget. That the importance of the health capital budget has a significant component…