Olororunnimbe Mamora, minister of state for health, says President Buhari has resolved to curb medical tourism.
Mamora spoke on Monday in Abuja when a team from CPL Medical Group Limited, a local engineering company engaged in the rehabilitation of teaching hospitals in the country, paid him a visit.
In 2017, Buhari spent about three months in London on medical vacation. And he has made frequent trips to the UK on ”private visits” believed to be for medical reasons.
In August, the president said the country loses about N400 billion to medical tourism annually.
The minister said hospital environment and bad attitude of workers are largely responsible for medical tourism in the country.
“President Mohammadu Buhari has resolved to curb medical tourism by supporting initiatives from individuals and groups.
We are focused on improving working conditions in the hospitals because medical tourism is not necessarily an outcome of lack of medical equipment.
It encompasses factors like lack of conducive hospital environment and poor attitude of health workers towards health care delivery” Mamora said.
