12 HEALTH INSTITUTIONS TO BE EQUIPPED WITH N12B WORTH OF DIAGNOSTIC EQUIPMENT, 3 MRI FACILITIES, 2 CT SCAN AND ANCILLARY EQUIPMENT 05-02-25
By Sadiq Aminu 12 health institutions across the country are to be equipped with a 12 billion Naira worth of diagnostic equipment, three MRI facilities, two CT scan, and ancillary equipment.
The Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Professor Ali Pate, stated this in Abuja after the meeting of the Federal Executive Council, FEC,
The benefitting establishments are University of Uyo Teaching Hospital, Akwa Ibom, Federal Medical Centre, Abeokuta, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Federal Medical Centre, Keffi, Nasarawa State, Modibbo Adama University Teaching Hospital, Yola, Adamawa State and the Federal Teaching Hospital, Birnin Kebbi, Kebbi State.
Professor Pate said the government was committed to expanding healthcare access and advancing Nigeria’s role in the continental health regulatory space to reduce medical tourism.
“The administration’s commitment to improving health infrastructure is yielding fruits following the reduction of medical tourism with patients visiting from America and United Kingdom to seek health care in Nigeria.
The improved facilities had begun to attract patients from neighboring countries, the UK, and the US.
Gradually, piece by piece, we are building our health infrastructure”, he added.
The Minister said FEC had also ratified the African Medicines Agency Treaty, explaining that the Treaty the treaty aims to harmonise regulatory standards and boost access to genuine medicines across the continent.
“With this Treaty, what we produce as part of our value chain expansion will have access to a much wider market.
This means what is made in Nigeria will, over time, be made in Africa”, he stressed.
Professor Pate said FEC’s ratification of the Treaty was a major milestone in the nation’s journey towards medical self-sufficiency and industrialisation.