MPs Get Sh4.7b Medical Cover
PARLIAMENT has approved a US$2.36m (sh4.7b) medical scheme to be administered by the International Air Ambulance (IAA).
By Felix Osike and James Odong
PARLIAMENT has approved a US$2.36m (sh4.7b) medical scheme to be administered by the International Air Ambulance (IAA).
But the scheme to be funded from Parliament’s budget, has met stiff resistance from some MPs and members of staff of Parliament who want to be paid either in cash or given the option of joining a company of their choice.
IAA’s Sales and Marketing Manager Steve Omwango said, “We feel excited to provide a health-managed scheme for Parliament.†He said other modalities were still being worked out before the agreement is signed. Dr. Ian Clarke, a Kampala medical practitioner, is the IAA proprietor.
The beneficiaries will be the MPs, Clerk to Parliament, directors and Parliament staff, their spouses and four dependants below the age of 18 years.
Under the scheme, the MPs, the Clerk and the directors will be entitled to hospitalisation in a single room, treatment outside the country, road ambulance, air evacuation within and outside Uganda, out-patient, maternity and dental services.
Parliament will pay US$592,328 (sh1.18b) annually for four years after which the tender will be re-advertised.
Each MP, the Clerk and directors will contribute US$1,358 (sh2.7m) annually to cover the spouse and four dependants while members of staff will each pay US$850 (sh1.7m) per year to cover the same number of people.
Death benefits include casket, transportation for body and immediate family, embalmment, wreaths and preparation of grave.
The MPs’ spouses and other dependants will be entitled to similar services except treatment outside the country.
Their air evacuation outside Uganda will be vetted.
To improve the upcountry coverage of the scheme, the private wings in all public hospitals are to be contracted by IAA.
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PARLIAMENT has approved a US$2.36m (sh4.7b) medical scheme to be administered by the International Air Ambulance (IAA).
But the scheme to be funded from Parliament’s budget, has met stiff resistance from some MPs and members of staff of Parliament who want to be paid either in cash or given the option of joining a company of their choice.
IAA’s Sales and Marketing Manager Steve Omwango said, “We feel excited to provide a health-managed scheme for Parliament.†He said other modalities were still being worked out before the agreement is signed. Dr. Ian Clarke, a Kampala medical practitioner, is the IAA proprietor.
The beneficiaries will be the MPs, Clerk to Parliament, directors and Parliament staff, their spouses and four dependants below the age of 18 years.
Under the scheme, the MPs, the Clerk and the directors will be entitled to hospitalisation in a single room, treatment outside the country, road ambulance, air evacuation within and outside Uganda, out-patient, maternity and dental services.
Parliament will pay US$592,328 (sh1.18b) annually for four years after which the tender will be re-advertised.
Each MP, the Clerk and directors will contribute US$1,358 (sh2.7m) annually to cover the spouse and four dependants while members of staff will each pay US$850 (sh1.7m) per year to cover the same number of people.
Death benefits include casket, transportation for body and immediate family, embalmment, wreaths and preparation of grave.
The MPs’ spouses and other dependants will be entitled to similar services except treatment outside the country.
Their air evacuation outside Uganda will be vetted.
To improve the upcountry coverage of the scheme, the private wings in all public hospitals are to be contracted by IAA.
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