The Minister of Health, Isaac Adewole, has called for the involvement
of the private corporations and individuals in reviving the nation’s
health sector.
He said Nigeria would have to partner interested private and corporate
business owners as well as philanthropists in the society if it would
become a huge and dependable health tourism destination like India and
other advanced countries.
The university don said the measure became necessary in order to give
Nigerians quality healthcare delivery through improved facilities, as
well as discourage Nigerians from travelling abroad for medical
treatment.
He spoke in Ikere Ekiti on Saturday during the Commissioning of Iyaafin
Bosede Olanipekun Special Amenity Ward donated by Wole Olanipekun for
Ikere Specialists Hospital.
The minister described the health sector as an area through which the
welfare of the citizenry could be enhanced, noting that there was need
for improved medical facilities in the Nigerian hospitals.
“The government has no option in view of this economic recession which
hindered it from providing basic medical facilities than to appeal to
corporate organizations to play their corporate responsibilities and
individuals to play their patriotic roles to rebuild the health sector,”
Mr. Adewole noted.
“The menace of increasing accidents on our roads, terrorism, robbery,
poverty and outbreak of diseases have increased the health needs of the
people and there is need for injection of improved personnel and
complementary facilities to be able to meet their needs.
“So, allowing public-private partnership will make up for the gap in
infrastructural deficit in the health sector. With this, Nigeria can be
built into a health tourism destination.
“So, we are appealing to Chief Olanipekun to help sensitize people of his
calibre and above on the need to donate to health sector. This will be
for the benefits of all.”
The Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, while commissioning the
multi-million naira medical facility, praised the donor and disclosed
that the gesture would help in strengthening the secondary health sector
in the State.
Mr. Olanipekun, who said the gesture was in memory of his late mother,
promised to build a modern diagnostic centre in the hospital before the
expiration of Mr. Fayose’s administration.
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