The State Coordinator of the National Youth Service Corps Scheme in Ondo State, Mrs. Kuburat Omowumi Bakare has solicited improved health care services to members of the service corps in the state.
The State Coordinator made this request when she visited the management of National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) at their State Office in Akure, the state capital.
Bakare, who asserted that corps members are important strata of the society which deserved priority attention whenever they are challenged medically, decried the unbecoming non-challant attitude of some Health Management Organisations (HMOs).
The Coordinator harped on the need for NHIA to impress it upon the service providers to up their activity or sanction them for not complying with the rules and terms of engagement.
She said that some HMO, rather than providing medical and professional services to corps members, display unprofessionalism and lack of empathy, which made the corps members and NYSC management to doubt the sincerity and integrity of such organisations.
The NYSC Ondo State boss said that the recurring issue of insufficient drugs during the orientation course must be addressed with a view to finding a lasting solution to the quagmire.
Welcoming the NYSC team to his office, the State Coordinator of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) in Ondo State, Dr. Adebiyi Adebisi said that the programme commenced in 2020 to provide affordable and well subsidised medical services to all Nigerians, including corps members.
Adebisi, who confirmed the challenging nature of healthcare services in the country, said that the Authority has been doing its best to serve the interest of the corps members, bearing in mind the healthcare system in Nigeria.
"The Director General of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) is trying to put a lot of initiative in place, and we are not relenting at giving the best to Nigerians irrespective of their status or backgrounds in the society".
He, however, said that some first generation teaching hospitals, because of their peculiarities, poses challenges to NHIA to manage.
He disclosed that there are some issues that are beyond them at the state level but quick to add that they were doing their best to recommend a facility that can cater to the health needs of the corps members.
He thanked the Coordinator for the visit, saying that she was the first among the four NYSC State Coordinators he has worked with to visit his office.
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