GNAT Cancer Fund: Types of Cancer and Their Cost of Treatment

GNAT Cancer fund: Types of cancers and their cost of treatment-Be informed

The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) has outlined the type of cancers that are cured at the Sweden Ghana Medical Centre (SGMC) and the cost involved.

This comes in reaction to an article written by a particular group of GNAT members which gained wild reactions by netizens suggesting that the GNAT cancer fund should be transformed into a teachers’ health fund.

According to the GNAT leadership, the mutual fund contribution which currently stands at GHS2 per month is too small to cater for the cancer treatment hence the need for the increment to GHS5.

The union has also released the dues collected from its members and the bills received within a given period.

Below is a table depicting the funds accrued for the cancer fund, the bills from the SGMC, and the variance for the period September to December 2021.

S/N	Month	Dues Received (GHS)	Bills Received (GHS)	Beneficiaries	Variance (GHS)
1	September	462,807.42	997, 034.79	99	534, 227.37
2	October	462, 759.19	739,334.05	101	276, 547.86
3	November	462, 183.46	871,130.00	111	408,946.54
4	December	462, 430.98	920,763.55	111	458,333.57
5	TOTAL	1,850,181.05	3,528,263.39	442	1, 678,082.34

The management of the fund has therefore released the list of diseases cured at the Sweden Ghana Medical Centre and the prices attached for the perusal of its members.

Disease Type	Type	Time	Foreigners (USD$)	Locals (GHS)	GNAT (GHS)
Prostrate	Curative	8 Weeks	10,394	56,224	41,950
Cervical	Curative	6 Weeks	9,755	54,628	45,100
Head &Neck	Curative	7 Weeks	9,253	51,817	44,250
Breast Normal	Curative	23 Weeks	17,690	99,064	87,900
Breast HER2 Positive	Curative	52 Weeks	48,250	270,200	264,020
Digestive	Curative	7 Weeks	11,690	65,464	47,900
Sarcoma	Curative	15 Weeks	9,410	52,700	41,976