The Federal Government, through the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, has announced plans to change the names of all Federal Hospitals across the country.
This move aims to expand care delivery and reduce the stigma associated with certain hospitals.
Dr. Tunji Alausa, Nigeria’s Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, made this disclosure on Thursday in Abuja. According to him, the rebranding effort will see these facilities renamed as Specialist Hospitals.
“We are going to change the names of our Federal Hospitals to Specialist Hospitals to expand care delivery and destigmatize hospitals so that everybody can come here,” Dr. Alausa said. “While the core services will remain psychiatric, this re-naming will allow for the continuous expansion of services.”
Dr. Alausa highlighted concerns about private businesses operating within the territories of health and educational institutions, charging commercial rates while expecting government subsidies.
"These people charge their customers commercially and they expect to be subsidized because they are located within the territories of these institutions."
“We know they are development institutions, they are social institutions,” he continued. “But inside the health and educational institutions, private businesses are hiding under them.”
“We said no, go and do a proper search and meter everybody. For the ones that are properly health and education-related, we are ready to subsidize them, even if they are on Band A."
"We are compiling our data, DisCos will collect a certain amount and the government will pay the balance. But we must get the data right so that we are not subsidizing a private business that is charging its customers commercially. That will be an abnormal profit and it is unfair.”
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