FG announces 50% electricity subsidy for public hospitals
Story by Jane AISO
The Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Dr Tunji Alausa, has announced that the federal government has approved a 50% electricity subsidy for public hospitals across the country.
Dr Alausa disclosed this while at the National Neo-Psychiatric Hospital in Barnawa, Kaduna State.
According to him, this gesture aims to reduce the running costs for public hospitals and alleviate the impact on patients.
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, which includes a solar-powered borehole and a 10.2 KVA inverter with a lithium battery at the Abdulkareem Jika Yusuf COVID-19 Intervention Centre.
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Dr. Alausa revealed plans to rename the hospitals as Specialist Hospitals to broaden healthcare service delivery.
“We are going to change the names of our Federal Hospitals to Specialist Hospitals to expand care delivery and destigmatise 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,” he said.
Dr. Alausa expressed confidence in Dr. Aishatu Yusha’u Armiyau, the Hospital Chief Medical Director, stating that the hospital’s success reflects the promises made by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu during his campaign.
At the National Eye Care Centre where he also commissioned the Dr. G.O Adejor Optical Showroom and the Dr. M.B Alhassan Diagnostic and Laser Unit, Dr Alausa noted that the warning strike by the Resident Doctors is complicating efforts to secure the release of kidnapped doctor Ganiyat Popoola from the hospital staff quarters.
He went ahead to say despite the inherited structural challenges, the president is actively engaging state governments to expand projects on Health Science Universities, aiming to increase health sciences enrollment from 24,000 annually to 100,000.
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