Enugu to become medical tourism hub as Mbah flags off 300-bed hospital
Woos diaspora health professionals
Enugu State Governor, Dr. Peter Mbah, has pledged to make the state the hub of medical tourism, ending the exodus of people moving overseas for health services by expediting the completion of the ongoing construction of the 300-bed Enugu International Hospital.
The governor, who made this commitment, yesterday, in Enugu, during the flag-off of the state-of-the-art multi-specialty hospital project, stressed that the state is targeting a substantial share of the overseas medical tourism market, which is above $1 billion yearly.
He disclosed that top-notch health professionals in the Diaspora were already engaging the state government in the health sector, saying the state is open for investment, business and partnership.
Mbah, who also called on more health professionals and other investors to see Enugu as a fertile market for business, assured of returns on investment, said the government had already derisked investment flow and would continue to make the state eco-business friendly with the right incentives.
“The Enugu International Hospital would be equipped with state-of-the-art facilities, and we intend to attract top-notch professionals. We intend to work with our sons and daughters overseas who are interested in coming to express their professionalism on our soil. So, we’ll be taking this opportunity to remind them to come back and know that this place is open for them with the best state-of-the-art facilities they can get anywhere in the world,” Mbah stated.
While expressing delight that the project was a reaffirmation of his administration’s commitment to reverse medical tourism overseas, Mbah said the hospital would offer advanced and specialised services, research and training.
He said the construction of the international hospital, which had already commenced, would meet the needs of those travelling abroad for healthcare, noting that the administration had committed huge investments in primary, secondary and tertiary healthcare services.
“We already know the interventions we made in the primary health sector with the construction of 260-type 2 primary healthcare centres and attending to 22 cottage and general hospitals across the state,” he said.
The governor further stated that the international hospital will also serve as a training and research centre for medical students from the major tertiary institutions in the state, ensuring that patients have access to the best healthcare delivery available anywhere in the world.
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