I acknowledge the Vice President Kashim Shettima’s recent statement regarding the influx of international patients seeking medical treatment in Nigeria. While it is true that some patients, including Americans and others from outside Nigeria, come for specialised medical care, it is important to place this trend in the right context. Kidney transplants, dental procedures, and In Vitro Fertilisation (IVF) treatments …

The Abia State Government has announced plans to soon commence the construction of the Abia Medical City project, designed to reverse medical tourism and attract patients to the state. The Commissioner for Information, Okey Kanu, disclosed this on Tuesday while briefing journalists on the outcomes of this week’s State Executive Council meeting, presided over by Governor Alex Otti. He stated …

The Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Dr Iziaq Salako, on Tuesday, said the Federal Government is strengthening the tertiary healthcare system to address medical tourism. Salak, who stated this during his first official visit and commissioning of projects at the Federal Medical Centre, Abuja, noted that President Bola Tinubu’s agenda prioritises healthcare as a fundamental right for …

The Coordinating Minister for Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Mohammed Ali Pate has said that Nigerians cannot be constrained to seek medical care in the country. Pate, who featured on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme on Friday evening, further said that the elite had the right to choose where to go on medical tourism. He  argued that the country did …

The House of Representatives Committee on Health Institutions has promised to put an end to medical tourism and attract development of the health sector in the country. The Chairman House Committee on Health Institutions, Hon. Amos Magaji, made the promise when he led members on an oversight visit to University of Abuja Teaching Hospital (UATH), Gwagwalada on Friday. Magaji, who …