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Helping Nigeria overcome the medical tourism malady


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A former colleague, on the advice of his family doctor, decided to seek medical care in the US for his wife preparing to deliver their first baby. The medic had warned them of a potentially high-risk life-threatening complication. Nigeria’s healthcare system was parlous then; public hospitals were termed ‘consulting centres’.
The high-cost trip forced the young man to sell off assets: land, car and home appliances. Though the wife delivered successfully, he has yet to recover from the expenses incurred years after.
Medical tourism, a term used to describe people travelling abroad to obtain medical treatment, has become a key reference point in Nigeria’s under-development trajectory. ....

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