DSCHC Secures Affordable Healthcare For Indigents

While the Delta State Contributory Health Scheme continues on its drive to provide access to quality and affordable health care for residents of the state, traditional rulers have also joined in the call for citizens to purchase health insurance for indigent indigenes in the communities.
The Ohworode of Olomu kingdom, Uhurie Osadjere II and the Ovie of Ogor Kingdom, Igere I, commended the sponsor of the initiative, Olorogun Ejiro Dumasi, for his philanthropy during the flag off of the Indigent Enrollee Adoption Initiative of the Delta State Contributory Health Commission at their palaces in Olomu, Ughelli South Local Government and Otogor in Ughelli North respectively, stating that more Urhobo sons and daughters of means should emulate this act of kindness by sponsoring more indigents in the Urhobo kingdom and Delta state at large.
The event saw the registration of a total of 100 indigent persons into the State Contributory Health Scheme, with 50 persons registered from both Olomu and Ogor kingdoms, sponsored by Olorogun Ejiro Dumasi, a Lagos-based indigene of Ughelli kingdom.
Addressing the people during the flag-off ceremony, the Director-General and Chief Executive Officer of the Delta State Contributory Health Commission, Dr. Isaac Akpoveta said the state government had subsidized healthcare for its citizens, and paid over N7 billion so far for the treatment of its residents since the inception of the scheme, noting that health is wealth, and with the payment of 7,000 naira, each citizen can enjoy affordable and quality healthcare for a year.
Dr. Akpoveta commended the sponsor, Olorogun Ejiro Dumasi for enriching the lives of his people, saying that it was a demonstration of Olorogun Dumasi’s belief in the principle of Collective and Shared Responsibility, which the MORE agenda of the Governor Sheriff Oborevwori administration encapsulated.
He urged Deltans of means, at home and in the diaspora, to imbibe the same principle by keying into the Indigent Enrollee Adoption Initiative of the DSCHC by registering the vulnerable and indigents in their locality, while also reiterating the commitment of the commission to enrolling more Deltans.
The Ohworode of Olomu kingdom, Uhurie Osadjere 11, and the Ovie of Ogor kingdom, Igere 1, with the latter represented by the President General of Oviri-Ogor community, Chief Monday Otobrise, as well as the Admin Secretary of the Olomu Palace, Chief Simon Ebrobota, were both full of praise for their son who took it upon himself to improve the health indices of the people.