Reps seek emergency funding for teaching hospitals as health budget falls to 4.2%

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Nigeria’s House of Representatives is urging the federal government to provide emergency funding for teaching hospitals and other tertiary health institutions. Lawmakers warn that the health budget’s decline to 4.2% is undermining specialist healthcare delivery.

By Gift ChapiOdekina, Abuja The House of Representatives has called on the Federal Government to urgently increase funding for federal teaching hospitals, federal medical centres, the National Hospital Abuja and other tertiary health institutions, warning that inadequate resources are undermining specialist healthcare delivery across the country. The lawmakers also urged the government to establish a […] The post Reps seek emergency funding for teaching hospitals as health budget falls to 4.2% appeared first on Vanguard News.