Federal government to offer loans to private medical institutions
In a bid to boost the health sector of the country, the federal
government has promised to offer free loans to private medical institution
owners. It also said that it would encourage public/private partnership, and
give support too in the provision of modern facilities for the needs of
Nigerians.
The Minister of Health Onyebuchi Chukwu made this known over the
weekend in Abuja during a free prostate cancer screening exercise organized by
a private clinic, Chivar Clinic and Urology Centre in collaboration with the
Ministry of Health in commemoration of the 2011 World Cancer Day.
Mr. Chukwu urged Nigerian men to test for prostrate cancer,
insisting that early detection can lead to a cure. He also said that the
ministry would embark on free public cancer screenings in all the local
governments in collaboration with the Association of Local Governments of
Nigeria. The minister and his entourage got screened for prostate cancer after
which they went on a tour of the clinic’s facility and equipment.
Earlier in the day, the minister had flagged of the public HPV
vaccination of girls from age 9-15 who received the vaccine freely at the
conference hall of the Ministry of Health.
Meanwhile, the chief medical director of the Chivar Clinic and
Urology Centre, Uzoma Azodo, said that figures showed that two new prostrate
cancer patients were seen every two weeks at the National Hospital, Abuja.
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