Chief Executive Officer of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), Dr. Bernard Okoe Boye, has averred that a whopping GH¢150 million is paid monthly as financial assistance to various health facilities in the country.

According to him, the National Health Insurance scheme aims at providing equitable access and financial coverage for basic healthcare services to Ghanaian citizens.

Speaking on Peace FM's Kokrokroo morning show, Dr Okoe-Boye said, "We pay an average of GHC150 million every 30 days."

According to him, the Health Finances Summit in Africa, "is the first time that over 60 countries in Africa are coming to Ghana to discuss ways to achieve universal health coverage which is one of the key pillars of the Sustainable Development Goals."

Meanwhile, there have been calls for the government to include the expense of dialysis in the National Health Insurance Scheme from some Ghanaians and experts.

This follows the administration of the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital raising the price of renal dialysis from Ghana Cedi (GH) 380 to Ghana Cedi (GH) 765.42.

Although the new fee's implementation has been put on hold, patient concerns about its effects still exist.