Professor Haroun Isah, a Public Health expert at Bingham University’s College of Medical Sciences, has urged Nigeria’s health sector to…
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The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) says Nigeria loses \$7 billion every year because many people travel abroad for medical treatment. This happens because people don’t trust the healthcare system in the country.
A Nigerian doctor living in the United States, Dr. Sunday Fawole, has said that many doctors are leaving Nigeria for other countries because the country’s healthcare system is falling apart.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) Acting Regional Director for Africa, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu has reaffirmed the agency’s commitment to strengthening Nigeria’s healthcare system, addressing disease outbreaks, and eradicating polio.
Vice-President Kashim Shettima has announced that the Federal Government’s healthcare reforms have attracted over 4.8 billion dollars in potential investments.
The FCT-HES Mandate Secretary, Dr Adedolapo Fasawe said on Monday that the Federal Capital Territory has strengthened its healthcare system as patients are now documented electronically.
It was just after the publication that I came across a statement by Katsina State Governor, Dr Dikko Umar Radda, who said that his state had gone very far in terms of health delivery and that, bar Yobe State, it is the best in Nigeria.
Governor of Ebonyi State, Francis Nwifuru has approved the immediate recruitment of 195 medical personnel including medical doctors, nurses as well as pharmacists to improve its healthcare delivery system.
A former Head of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon, has called for improved investment in the healthcare system to enable Nigerians to have unlimited access to quality medical care.
The legislator representing Lagos at the House of Representatives, Abdulganiyu Johnson says his bill that seeks to bar Nigeria-trained medical doctors and dentists from travelling abroad to practice unless they have put in a minimum of five years in Nigeria is informed by the crisis in the nation’s health sector.