US, UK patients now seek medical care in Nigeria – Tinubu Govt

The Federal Government on Tuesday said that Nigeria is steadily being positioned as a growing hub for quality healthcare and now attracting patients not just from the West African subregion but also from countries as far as the United States and the United Kingdom

This Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Muhammad Ali Pate, disclosed this while briefing State House correspondents at the end of the Federal Executive Council, FEC, meeting presided over by President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

The Minister highlighted key decisions aimed at bolstering Nigeria’s healthcare system.

One of the most notable was the approval of N12 billion for Magnetic Resonance Imaging, an advanced diagnostic equipment, across six tertiary health institutions.

According to him: “People are now beginning to come from the subregion, and even from faraway places like the UK and the US, to receive quality healthcare in Nigeria.

“Despite the challenges we face, significant progress is being made, and the transformation promised by President Tinubu is already taking shape.”

Pate said FEC approved contracts for the procurement and installation of three MRI machines and two CT scanners at: University of Uyo Teaching Hospital (Akwa Ibom), Federal Medical Center, Abeokuta (Ogun State), Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital (Osun State, Federal Medical Center, Keffi (Nasarawa State, Modibbo Adama University Teaching Hospital (Adamawa State and Federal Teaching Hospital, Kebbi (Kebbi State).

“This investment in critical diagnostic infrastructure is part of a broader effort to expand Nigeria’s health system capacity, ensuring that our tertiary institutions can offer world-class medical services,” Pate noted.