Nigeria loses over N144bn yearly to medical tourism on cancer
8 years agoPresident Muhammadu Buhari (right); Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole; representative of Varian (equipment manufacturers, US), Mr. Anthony Nadir; Consultant Radio-oncologist at LUTH, Prof. Francis Durosinmi-Etti; Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State; Managing Director (MD)/Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Nigerian Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA), Mr. Uche Orji;- Chief Medical Director (CMD) of Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) Idi-Araba, Prof. Chris Bode, at the inauguration of NSIA-LUTH Cancer centre in Lagos
*NSIA-LUTH centre part of govt’s investment to address treatment challenges, says Buhari Every year Nigerians spend over $1,000,000,000 (N360 billion) on medical tourism with cancer care accounting for $400,000,0000 (N144…