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Brain Drain: Lagos State Government To Build Specialist Hospitals
To diversify medical care and curtail medical tourism and brain drain in the health sector, the Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, has said the state is building specialist hospitals. Abayomi said this during the Doctors for Change (DFC) conference on Saturday in Lagos State, Southwest, Nigeria.
“We have many general hospitals but what we lack are specialist facilities, and you can get specialist care both in the government and private hospitals… What we are trying to do is that we are building more specialist hospitals… We have the Massey Children Specialist Hospital, Infectious Disease Research Institute, the largest psychiatric hospital in Africa at Ketu-Ejirin, Epe, the Omotunde Ajoke Cole Hospital, Island.
“We are trying to create a diversification of medical care, so if you need kidney transplant, heart surgery, the highest level of treatment for infectious diseases, rehabilitation centres, you can get it here,” Abayomi said.
According to him, the state identified trust, and lack of medical specialties, as factors driving Nigerians overseas for medical care. Abayomi said the trend would be reversed to make the state a medical tourist destination.
He said that the government would continue investing in human resources, set standards and right policies to enforce quality healthcare services delivery.
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Brain Drain: Lagos State Government To Build Specialist Hospitals
To diversify medical care and curtail medical tourism and brain drain in the health sector, the Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, has said the state is building specialist hospitals. Abayomi said this during the Doctors for Change (DFC) conference on Saturday in Lagos State, Southwest, Nigeria.
“We have many general hospitals but what we lack are specialist facilities, and you can get specialist care both in the government and private hospitals… What we are trying to do is that we are building more specialist hospitals… We have the Massey Children Specialist Hospital, Infectious Disease Research Institute, the largest psychiatric hospital in Africa at Ketu-Ejirin, Epe, the Omotunde Ajoke Cole Hospital, Island.
“We are trying to create a diversification of medical care, so if you need kidney transplant, heart surgery, the highest level of treatment for infectious diseases, rehabilitation centres, you can get it here,” Abayomi said.
According to him, the state identified trust, and lack of medical specialties, as factors driving Nigerians overseas for medical care. Abayomi said the trend would be reversed to make the state a medical tourist destination.
He said that the government would continue investing in human resources, set standards and right policies to enforce quality healthcare services delivery.
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