In a bid to reduce travelling costs for
medical trips and to make Indian medical services available to Nigerians,
government of India has perfected plans to establish more hospitals in the six
geo political zones of the country, DigitalSENSE Business news
reports.
The new Indian High Commissioner to
Nigeria, Amb. Ghanashyam Rangaiah, who disclosed his government’s readiness to
establish more Indian hospitals across the six geopolitical zones of the
country, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos, recently that the
initiative was to make India’s medical facilities accessible and affordable to
Nigerians in various communities.
Rangaiah decried the high costs of travelling
and medical expenses being paid by Nigerians in India, saying that it was
better to bring the hospitals closer to them.
“As the new India High Commissioner to
Nigeria, I feel it is too expensive for Nigerians to continue to go to India
for medical attention.
“We have discovered that the costs being
paid by a Nigerian patient going to India for treatment is even more than the
treatment itself.
“What we have, therefore, decided is to
have many Indian hospitals come to establish themselves in Nigeria’s six
geo-political zones.
“We strongly believe that with the spread
of Indian hospitals in this country, Nigerians may not have to be travelling to
India for any treatment,’’ he said.
The envoy who said that the hospitals would
be sited across rural communities, towns and major cities in Nigeria, expressed
optimism that the presence of the hospitals would also make many Nigerian
doctors trained abroad to come home and serve their communities.
The high commissioner also said that the
initiative was to make Nigeria a referral medical treatment country in West
Africa.
“Gradually, we want Nigeria to stand on her
own strength and be the beacon of medical strength for the rest of West
Africa,’’ Rangaiah added.
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