The Minister of the state for health Dr. Olorunnimbe Mamora, while inspecting some newly acquired facilities to improve the care of patients at the Federal Medical Centre, Jabi in Abuja advised Nigerians to seek information on the treatment of some diseases locally before thinking of going abroad.
Mamora noted that the charge became necessary as several of its hospitals across the country were now treating some of the medical issues pushing some citizens outside the shores of the country.
He insisted that lack of awareness had compelled some Nigerians to seek treatment for certain diseases abroad rather than locally, adding that the government had put measures in place to address medical tourism.
Mamora said state-of-the-art equipment were being procured by the President Muhammadu Buhari led administration to make treatment of surgeries less cumbersome.
The minister maintained that many public hospitals in the country were now treating some medical issues pushing Nigerians abroad.
Meanwhile, the Federal Medical Centre, Jabi in Abuja, has commenced open heart surgery with four patients already undergoing treatment in the facility.
Earlier, the Chief Medical Director of the FMC, Abuja, Prof. Saad Ahmed, explained that the open surgery was the “first of its kind in this facility.”
He said, “we were able to do it successfully and all the patients are doing quite well.
“The open heart surgery is quite delicate and requires a lot of skills and commitment.”
Ahmed explained that the surgeries were possible through the support of Save A Heart Foundation UK, which, he said, provided “skills transfer and also donated some equipment.”
