Civil servants in Kiambu County will be provided with a 24 hour ambulance to take them to any hospital which is registered with National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF).
Speaking on Thursday during the County Service Delivery Coordination Committee meeting chaired by the County Commissioner, Stephen Ikua at his board room in Thika town, a Red Cross officer in charge of the ambulance, Isaac Waweru, revealed that NHIF will also provide airlifts for those civil servants whose ailments need specialised treatment in referral hospitals in other parts of the country.
Waweru pointed out that the ambulance service has been in the county for the past six months but due to lack of awareness only one civil servant in distress had benefited from it.
“The ambulance is always parked at the Thika Level Five Hospital so that it can also help other patients who are not contributors to the NHIF scheme when it is not providing services to civil servants,” said Waweru.
Ikua directed that the ambulance should be parked at his office during the day when it is not in service so that it can help sensitise the civil servants on the services it provides.
He added that it should be parked at the Thika police station at night so that the county Police Commander helps in coordination of its SOS services.
The NHIF manager, Thika branch revealed that the medical scheme is now covering the treatment of cancer and dialysis patients with renal diseases.