Civil servants face healthcare crisis as insurance cover expires

Dr Lily Nyamai Adhiambo doing an eye checkup on Jimna Waweru during a medical camp at Lions Eye Hospital, Loresho. [File, Standard]

Hundreds of thousands of civil servants and their dependents across the country are in a quandary as the contract for their comprehensive medical insurance administered by the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) expires on June 30, 2024.

The most likely to be affected by any possible disruption are those admitted or undergoing treatment, both locally and overseas, whose fate is yet to be clarified upon the expiry of the contract period amidst the ongoing transition of NHIF to Social Health Insurance Fund (SHIF), a civil servants union said yesterday.