The Federal Government of Nigeria has approved a 50% electricity subsidy for public hospitals across the country. This is to cut the high cost of electricity to the facilities, which has hampered service delivery in the hospitals.
This was contained in a statement by the Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Tunji Alausa, on Thursday in Kaduna.
The Minister was a working visit to the National Neo-Psychiatric Hospital in Barnawa, Kaduna State.
The Minister commissioned the Electronic Health Records and Alternative Power Supply at the Lawal Jafaru Isah Emergency Complex and the solarization project at the dialysis unit.
The project included a solar-powered borehole and a 10.2 KVA inverter at the Abdulkareem Jika Yusuf COVID-19 Intervention Centre in the state.
Speaking at the commissioning, Alausa said this gesture aims to reduce the running costs for public hospitals and alleviate the impact on patients.
He also announced plans to rename the hospitals as Specialist Hospitals to broaden healthcare service delivery.
He said, “We are going to change the names of our Federal Hospitals to Specialist Hospitals. This is to expand healthcare delivery and destigmatize hospitals so that everybody can come here. While the core services will remain psychiatric, this re-naming will allow for the continuous expansion of services.”
Speaking on the kidnapped doctor in Kaduna, Alausa noted that efforts are being made to secure her release.
He, however, warned that the strike by resident doctors is complicating efforts to secure the release of kidnapped Ganiyat Popoola.
The Minister, therefore, appealed for calm among the doctors. He assured the hospital management that the abducted doctor would return soon.
source: Channels TV
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