Korede Abdullah
Medical Centre known as Loveworld has raised concern over the $2bn spent annually by Nigerians on medical tourism.
This was made known in a statement by the Chief Operating Officer of Loveworld Medical Centre, Dr Anthony Oseghale, at a recent media briefing in Lagos.
He stated the medical centre planned to improve access to emergency care through its world-class intensive care facilities and theatres in order to reduce medical tourism overseas.
He noted that hospital management had huge potential to solve Nigeria’s health needs at a critical period in the country’s healthcare sector.
His words, “Nigerians no longer have to spend billions of naira on medical tourism, which hurts our economy. In the hospital, you find the departments like obstetrics and gynaecology, fertility clinic, prenatal care, obstetric consultations, and gynaecological treatments, among others.
“Also, we have urology, where specialists provide expert care for conditions affecting the urinary tract and male reproductive system. You will see radiological services – a state-of-the-art radiology department providing advanced imaging services, including Ultrasound, CT scan, MRI scan, and interventional radiology.” he said.
The surgeon maintained that the medical centre boasted of advanced, trusted, wholesome healthcare to patients with different ailments, comparable to medical centres found in Europe and Western countries owing to its overall vision of not just getting people perfectly healed but ensuring total wellness.
It will be recalled that early this year, while appearing before the nation’s lawmakers, the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Olayemi Cardoso, said that Nigerians spent a huge sum of $40bn on foreign education and medical tourism in the last 10 years.
