Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, has said Nigerians, living with certain medical conditions that require major surgeries but have been unable to seek healthcare services due to the cost have been directed to visit any Federal Teaching Hospital and or medical centre for free treatment.

The directive was given in line with the operations of the Rapid Response Initiative, RRI, which was inaugurated earlier this year to perform not less than 10,000 free surgeries on poor Nigerians.

Adewole gave the directive, yesterday, during a media interactive session at the just concluded Kuchigoro Primary Healthcare Centre, Abuja.

“The only qualification you have is that you must be poor and we’ll do those surgeries that really put people in discomfort, myomectomy cleft lips, even VVF, many of these are being handled across the country in about 46 specialist centres,” he said.

Conducting a tour round the Kuchigoro health facility, the minister disclosed that about N550 million had been earmarked for the revitalization of the first phase of primary health care centres, adding that the project was important to the Federal Government as it strives to tackle maternal and child mortality in the country.

EmekaBlue:
We know how it works...Very special cases...not every poor man surgery...Let's not over hype it

Proudlyngwa:
How do they intend to know the truly poor,
Are their offices going to be mobile cox, the truly poor are not in the cities and they don't have the logistics to operate in most truly poor areas.
Finally hope some truly poor politicians dont hijack this as their reward forvtruly pooring the masses.

God bless the truly poor federal republic of Naija

dingbang:
I don't believe in the federal govt of nigeria

MEGGATRON:


naija can be great again

freeze001:
Exactly my thoughts! It's d same issue with the 5k per month initiative. What's d criteria for identifying poor and indigent persons? What is d registration process? Now this one, what are the criteria? What is publicity level and have they sufficiently reached d hinterlands and deprived areas to bring this knowledge to them? Have they combed d villages abd remote areas to conduct medical tests and pick up those in need of such medical intervention?

At the end of the day, the question remains: How the ell can there be effective planning of any sort without a working database of Nigerian citizens?

Atiku2019:
Nice One