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President Goodluck Jonathan has said his administration will reduce medical tourism to the barest minimum, as he stated that government officials will henceforth be stopped from seeking medical treatment abroad except in special cases.

Jonathan has therefore directed the
Ministry of Health to collaborate with the Ministry of Finance and Trade and Investment to consult with medical practitioners with a view to supporting private investors to build state-of-the-art hospitals in the country.

This was disclosed after the president held a meeting, yesterday, with the Nigeria Medical Association, NMA in a bid to ensure the proposed strike by the association does not hold.

According to a source who was
present at the meeting, the
president’s decision would promote
local potential, strengthen the sector, improve fiscal policy on medical equipment and check the growth of medical tourism.

He said Jonathan had also directed
that before any government official is allowed to travel abroad for medical reasons, government must first be satisfied that no such medical services exist in Nigeria.

The National Health Insurance
Scheme (NHIS), according to him,
would be critically looked into by the president to make it more
productive.

Yesterday’s meeting was presided
over by Jonathan and had in
attendance, Vice-President Namadi
Sambo; Governor Emmanuel
Uduaghan of Delta State; Minister of
Labour, Chief Emeka Wogu; Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu;
Director-General of Budget Office, Dr. Bright Okogu; and the Chairman of the National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission, Chief Richard Egbule, among others.

http://www.informationng.com/2014/01/jonathan-to-stop-government-officials-from-medical-treatment-abroad.html

No more German or London hospitals for headache or abdominal pain. And by the way, NMA should adopt ASUU treatment by getting the president, all stakeholders present, including the attorney general to sign an undertaking. This will forestall future claims by any "Oga at the top" of amnesia and "signing under duress" in order to "do the needful" so that patients won't begin to "go and die".

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yea, bcs he wil be leaving the aso rock soon...no body wil care anymore abt whr he receives his medical care