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The Society of Private and Dental Practitioners says its members will continue to reject National Health Insurance Scheme(NHIS) cards at its facilities until the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) pays about eighty percent of the total debt owed private hospitals. Government recently released only 180 million cedis to the NHIA to offset part of its 460 million cedi debt owed service providers. Despite government’s intervention the Society insists it will revert to accepting NHIS cards only if the NHIA settles eighty percent of the debts owed member hospitals. Speaking to Citi News, the National President of the Society Dr Odoi Agyarko said the practitioners had lost trust in the NHIA because it had failed to fulfil its promise of settling its debt. “There is a particular facility that told us that them over 300,000 ghana cedis and they paid them only 16,000.Some were promised that they will receive a cheque but as of yesterday, they had not received the cheques. “We have not...

One hundred and ninety-nine newly qualified medical doctors were yesterday inducted into the Medical and Dental Council (MDC) at the College of Physicians and Surgeons in Accra. The doctors, who were trained both locally and abroad, were inducted after satisfying all the requirements of the council. They swore both the Hippocratic Oath and recited the National Pledge to commit themselves to put their patients and the nation first and perform their duties diligently. Among other things, they pledged to not let religion, nationality, race, party politics or social standing interfere in their duty in providing care for their patients. They also pledged to practise the profession with conscience and dignity and also respect the secrets which were confided in them, even after the death of their patients. Continuous learning Addressing the newly inducted doctors, the Chairman of the MDC, Dr Eric Asamoah, urged them to continue to acquire knowledge, since their training did not end with t...