The categories of persons exempted from the payment of contributions under the Scheme include
(a) a child;
(b) a person in need of ante-natal, delivery and post-natal healthcare services;
(c) a person with mental disorder;
(d) a person classified by the Minister responsible for Social Welfare as an indigent;
(e) categories of differently-abled persons determined by the Minister responsible for Social Welfare;
(f) pensioners of the Social• Security' and National Insurance Trust;
(g) contributors to the Social Security and National Insurance Trust;
(h) a person above seventy' years of age; and
(i) other categories prescribed by the Minister .