The NHI will not work with the current conditions in the health sector, said Dr Rajesh Patel.
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The department of health needs to get its house in order before it can even think of launching the National Health Insurance (NHI) scheme. This is a bold warning by the head of health system strengthening at the Board of Healthcare Funders (BHF), Dr Rajesh Patel.
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