How privatisation of teaching hospitals will affect Nigerians - CMD

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How privatisation of teaching hospitals will affect Nigerians - CMD

The Chief Medical Director of the University College Hospital, Ibadan, Prof. Jesse Otegbayo, says privatisation of government-owned teaching hospitals will take quality and affordable healthcare out of the reach of many Nigerians. According to him, affordable healthcare is important to a productive nation and privatising tertiary health institutions is not a solution to the many challenges bedeviling the health sector. “Teaching hospitals render social service that should not be toyed with by any individual, just like the popular saying that “a healthy nation is a wealthy nation.” “I will not support the idea of privatisation because when you do that you are not looking at the social aspect and the welfare of the people of the nation but the economic aspect of it. “Quite a high percentage of Nigerians are poor and cannot access or afford effective and quality healthcare, so when you privatise teaching hospitals, quality healthcare gets out of the reach of the average Nigerian. “That …

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