FG directs all public hospitals to save lives first in emergency...

The Federal Government has directed all public hospitals across the country to save patients’ lives first during emergencies before demanding money and blamed poor performance of the country’s health system on chronic under funding.

The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole who gave the directive during his first official visit to the Lagos University Teaching 

Hospital, LUTH, lamented that out of 30,000 Primary HealthCare Centres, PHCs, across the country only 20 percent (6,000) are functional.


Adewole, who said government hospitals cannot continue to turn poor patients away, however affirmed that lives of Nigerians mean more than money.

His Words;

“Accidents, among other emergency cases can occur at anytime, so patients should not be refrained from accessing treatment. The poverty indicator shows that 60 to 70 percent of Nigerians are poor. This means about 100 million people are poor in Nigeria. So, we will provide basic care through the PHC system for Nigerians.”

directive during his first official visit to the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH, the Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole lamented that out of 30,000 Primary HealthCare Centres, PHCs, across the country only 20 percent (6,000) are functional. Adewole, who said government hospitals cannot continue to turn poor patients away, however affirmed that lives of Nigerians mean more than money. “Accidents, among other emergency cases can occur at anytime, so patients should not be refrained from accessing treatment. The poverty indicator shows that 60 to 70 percent of Nigerians are poor. This means about 100 million people are poor in Nigeria. So, we will provide basic care through the PHC system for Nigerians.”

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