{"id":31497,"date":"2021-05-09T08:01:55","date_gmt":"2021-05-09T07:01:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=31497"},"modified":"2021-05-09T08:03:22","modified_gmt":"2021-05-09T07:03:22","slug":"rich-people-need-to-pay-for-services-to-sustain-our-health-system-says-ncdc-dg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/05\/09\/rich-people-need-to-pay-for-services-to-sustain-our-health-system-says-ncdc-dg\/","title":{"rendered":"Rich people need to pay for services to sustain our health system, says NCDC DG"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Chikwe Ihekweazu has stated that the wealthy need to pay for services to ensure sustainability in the health sector.<\/p>\n<p>According to the DG of NCDC,\u00a0healthcare can be made available to all Nigerians, if every state adopts its own basic health delivery model.<\/p>\n<p>Chikwe said there needs to be proper investment in the health sector to improve the services available to Nigerians.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/04\/22\/police-rescue-kidnapped-student-of-osun-state-college-of-health-technology\/\">Health<\/a> is very complex. We have had health insurance for many years. Why is it not working? People think it is about taking money and giving. Once we appreciate the complexities of healthcare delivery, we really focus our energy on making it work,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou need health insurance, but not your basic national health insurance; that\u2019s for the poor. You need the wealthy to actually pay for the services, and that then sustains the system.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI do think with these <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/05\/06\/gen-buratais-footprints-and-the-task-ahead-of-coas-attahiru\/\">investments<\/a> in the private sector, there is a momentum gathering, which is not obvious yet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think every state should look internally and competitively in terms of what is the best model. Whatever model we choose, the one challenge and opportunity I see in all of this is to focus on delivery.<\/p>\n<div>\u201cI think the operational delivery in Nigeria is so frustrating and this is the same for private sector hospitals. For public sector hospitals, that makes us jump to changing the structure rather than make it work, because it is easier to think you can reorganise than to make things work.\u201d<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Chikwe Ihekweazu has stated that the wealthy need to pay for services to ensure sustainability in the health sector. According to the DG of NCDC,\u00a0healthcare can be made available to all Nigerians, if every state adopts its own basic health delivery model. 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