Lagos State residents enrolled in the free one-year health insurance package launched by the Lagos State Lotteries and Gaming Authority can now access major and minor surgeries, antenatal and postnatal care, specialist consultations and family planning services.
The
authority disclosed this during a medical outreach to residents of Festac.
During
the outreach, the Chief Executive Officer of the Lagos State Lotteries and
Gaming Authority, Bashir Are, represented by Kazeem Olanipekun, reaffirmed the
state government’s commitment to extending quality healthcare to all corners of
Lagos.
He
said the free health insurance scheme being undertaken for Lagosians is being
implemented at the directive of Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, with a
mandate and commitment to improving the well-being of Lagos citizens through a
series of strategic health interventions.
Are
said, “We try as much as possible to reach every part of Lagos State. This
programme, created by the Lagos State Health and Management Agency, is intended
to provide quality healthcare services to residents in towns and communities
that make up the Local Government Areas and Local Council Development Areas of
Lagos State.
“At
the Lagos State Lotteries and Gaming Authority, we are supporting the State to
reach as many people as possible, because it’s a State Government mandate. We
are giving this opportunity to our people for quality and proper Ilera Eko; our
people must be healthy. Now, our people can access sound and quality healthcare
in almost all the hospitals and primary healthcare centres in the Country.”
A
representative of the Lagos State Health Management Agency, Lucas Aladeusi,
stressed that the scheme was not restricted to public facilities.
“We
need to tell Lagosians that we are not restricted to public hospitals and
primary healthcare centres, we are also partnering with private hospitals and
clinics within and outside Lagos State,” he said.
Aladeusi
added that the agency had significantly expanded the scope of available
services under the package.
“The
Agency has gone a step further by expanding the access to minor and major
surgeries, clinical tests, antenatal and postnatal care, family planning, in
addition to the patient’s registration, general and specialist consultations,
among others,” he stated.
He
noted that the outreach had already covered Lagos Island, Agege and Ikorodu
before arriving at Festac, adding that the scheme was open to all residents who
live and work in Lagos State.
“The
scheme is social health insurance scheme by the Lagos State Government to
ensure that people that live and work in Lagos State have access to quality,
affordable and accessible healthcare. So, today, we are partnering with the
Lagos State Lotteries and Gaming Authority to provide free health insurance
services for the people of the State,” Aladeusi said.
Earlier
in May, the authority said it secured a free health insurance package for 1,320
residents across the three senatorial districts of the state.
The
free package, offered under the ILERA EKO scheme in partnership with the Lagos
State Health Management Agency, covers 1,320 residents across the state’s three
senatorial districts for one year.
The
ILERA EKO scheme, launched by the state government to drive universal health
coverage, is designed to reduce out-of-pocket medical expenses for residents
and improve access to quality healthcare services across public and private
facilities accredited by the Lagos State Health Management Agency.
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