There is need for restriction on our politicians flying their families abroad for treatment of even the slightest headache.

1clickng:
The House of Representatives has commenced process on a law that would discourage medical tourism embarked by some public office holders.

The Bill sponsored by Rep. Sergius Ogun (Edo-PDP) seeks to prohibit international trips for medical treatment by public officers without approval and strengthen health institutions for efficient service delivery.

Ogun said on Wednesday that the bill comprising of 13 clauses was necessitated by the need to address the abuse of opportunities by public officers who seek medical treatment abroad.

“These abuses are many, on the pretext of fabricated medical conditions, many public officials simply disappear from Nigeria and abdicate their duties for lengthy periods while their emoluments are paid for the period.

“Nigeria is also paying the bills for their medical tours.

“Even those who have not fabricated their conditions abandon their official duties on account of ailments that can be treated in Nigeria.

“It is said that hundreds of Nigerians daily embark on medical tours to countries in Europe, America and Asia; a great number of these Nigerians are public officials,’’ Ogun said.

He said that “Pharmanews’ quoted the 2014 Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) annual report as stating that the Indian High Commission confirmed that Indian hospitals received 18,000 Nigerians on medical visa in 2012.

“And these Nigerians spent about $260million on those trips in one year

“This gives us a picture of what Nigeria as a nation has sunk overall into medical tours by public officials and their kit and kin.

“There is urgent need to curtail this anomaly,’’ the lawmaker added.

The bill is expected to come up for second reading and debate on its general principles.


Source: http://anstalk.com/reps-move-against-medical-tourism/


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they will not pass the bill

Nigerian does not have house of rep, what we have there is electoral collage.

tuoyoojo:
charity they say begins at home but must not end there

if buhari had kept his promise of refusing to go abroad for treatment and procured equipment for hospitals in Nigeria things may have changed

funny enough billions was ear marked for state house clinic, more than the monies given to fmcs yet he still went overseas for treatment

what signal are we sending to medical professionals

go around the world and u would see medical doctors in Nigeria are trailblazers in their fields but the infrastructure and political will is non existent

if India had decided to leave their medical infrastructure to rot we would not be spending billions of naira their

its a shame that this bill even if its passed would not be adhered to because we believe anything foreign is better

Valid points made

Please, any update on Buhari ‘s son. Where is Yusuf

Fukafuka:

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