With an acute shortage of personnel, the hope that the sick will get a relief soon is faint. In an investigative series that resonated with the grief-stricken majority, this newspaper has freshly exposed the crisis in the sector in microscopic detail. Unfortunately, for the health authorities and government at all levels, it is business as usual. It should not be so.
The crisis is accentuated by the near-collapse of the primary health care system. In the 1960s and 1970s, the primary and secondary healthcare centres catered for many categories of illnesses. These facilities are currently in a shabby state, with many of them having been abandoned altogether. The few health personnel attached to them prefer to work in the urban centres, leaving the rural areas bereft of attention. In contrast, Cuba built its thriving system on primary healthcare.
Consequently, Nigerians escape overseas for medical tourism. President Muhammadu Buhari, whose vantage position saddles him with the task of providing a radical solution, jets overseas for medical treatment. As of May 2018, he had spent a combination of 170 days for medical tourism in the United Kingdom, despite his initial vow that government resources would not be available to public officials for such indiscretions.
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