Adjoa Obuobia Darko-Opoku, the Administrator of the Ghana Medical Trust Fund, MahamaCares, has recounted a personal account of the difficulty she experienced after losing the 2012 parliamentary election.
The MahamaCares Administrator recounted losing the 2012 Weija-Gbawe parliamentary election and the time when she could not even afford prepaid credit for her house because she had no money.
Obuobia Darko-Opoku, the then parliamentary candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) for Weija-Gbawe, disclosed that constituents normally start arriving at her residence as early as 4:30 a.m. to seek her assistance.
According to Obuobia Darko-Opoku, the constituents come with all sorts of stories for help.
She disclosed that when she lost the election and woke up the following morning, to her surprise, there was nobody at her gate, describing the event as a reflection of the realities of life.
Speaking at her 49th birthday thanksgiving service, Obuobia Darko-Opoku stated, “When we lost the 2012 election, at a point in time, we couldn’t buy prepaid credit for the house because there was no money. And on the day we lost that election, I woke up in the morning, drew my curtains, and realised that there was nobody at the gate. Ordinarily, by 4:30 a.m., my gate is full.
“They come with all sorts of stories, and I had to help. When I didn’t have, I had to borrow to help. But when I lost the election, and I woke up that morning, there was nobody there. That is life,” she noted.
Back in 2012, Obuobia Darko-Opoku, the parliamentary candidate of the NDC was defeated by Tina Naa Ayele Mensah of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the parliamentary elections, garnering 34,216 votes, while Obuobia Darko-Opoku, who polled 25,087 votes.
In other news, Adjoa Obuobia Darko-Opoku has revealed some non-communicable diseases supported by the fund.
The Minister of Government Communications, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, who shared an update on the administrator’s media briefing on X, revealed that additional disease conditions will be included in the benefits package by the end of the year.
In his post, Felix Kwakye Ofosu wrote, “Here are the non-communicable diseases whose treatment is currently supported by the Ghana Medical Trust Fund (Mahama Cares).
Breast cancer, cervical cancer, prostate cancer, and childhood cancers such as leukaemia, lymphoma, soft tissue sarcomas, retinoblastoma, and nephroblastoma.
Additional disease conditions will be included in the benefits package by the end of the year”.
Also, Adjoa Obuobia Darko-Opoku has stated that the MahhamaCares will not support patients seeking medical treatment outside Ghana.
She revealed that the Mahama Cares fund has recently come under increasing pressure, with persons appealing for funding to seek treatment abroad.
Adjoa Obuobia Darko-Opoku disclosed that the governing law that established the Fund restricts its mandate to supporting free treatment for non-communicable diseases in Ghana.
Speaking at the Government Accountability Series on Monday, May 11, she said, “There is something that we keep getting. Many people want funding to go abroad. Let me announce here, and now, we do not support any funding out of the borders of this country.
“That money that we spend for one patient to go to India for treatment, we can use that for about 20 patients in the country. Anything beyond the borders as stipulated in the Act is beyond us,” she said.
Meanwhile, for one to benefit from support under the Trust Fund, an applicant must meet three basic eligibility requirements.
The applicant must be a Ghanaian citizen, an active NHIS card bearer, and must have a medical condition that falls within the approved conditions supported under the Fund.
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