President Robert Mugabe’s foreign health trips have been eclipsed.
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has broken his promise to end medical tourism by seeking treatment for a mere ear infection in the U.K.
A former president of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Dr Osahon Enabulelesaid in an open letter to the president that about $1 billion was spent funding foreign medical trips in 2013, mostly for Nigerian public officials.
Buhari traveled to London on Monday for a 10-day holiday, during which he will see an ear, nose and throat (ENT) specialist for treatment of a persistent ear infection.
The president has cancelled several high-profile engagements in recent months, including a planned trip to the restive Niger Delta region to launch a clean-up operation in Ogoniland, a community affected by multiple oil spills in recent years.
The 73-year-old leader, who was elected in March 2015 on an anti-corruption ticket, said in a speech to the NMA in April that the government would cut back spending on sending public officials abroad for treatment when there was evidence of expertise in Nigeria.
The office of the Nigerian presidency said Buhari travelled to London after being evaluated by his personal physician and an ENT specialist in the capital Abuja.
Enabulele, who is also the vice-president of the Commonwealth Medical Association, said it was a “national shame” that Buhari was seeking treatment in London, despite the presence of more than 250 ENT specialists in Nigeria and a National Ear Center in Kaduna state, northern Nigeria.
Enabulele stated that the U.K. had some 3,000 Nigerian-trained doctors, most of whom had emigrated due to the Nigerian government’s failure to address problems in the West African country’s health service.
Enabulele even stated that he himself had received treatment from an ENT specialist in Nigeria in April “in line with my patriotic commitment to the Nigerian dream” and said he believed that Nigerian physicians “are skilled enough, and with the right equipment in place can handle any complicated ENT problem in Nigeria.” – Radiovop/Agencies
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Can you give us the address of that institution?
What the hell has Buhari’s case got to do with your he’ll hole? He just inherited a country after 16 years of misrule is that parallel to your Mudabe? When you air your dirty linens keep it to your country, where even the currency is foreign! I am a Nigerian that used to sympathise with your cause but this really cut the ice!
What the hell has Buhari’s case got to do with your he’ll hole? He just inherited a country after 16 years of misrule is that parallel to your Mudabe? When you air your dirty linens keep it to your country, where even the currency is foreign! I am a Nigerian that used to sympathise with your cause but this really cut the ice!
David Cameroon and Barack Obama have been spotted in Chipinge near Zimbabwe/mozambique border. According to our sources, they were consulting a world renowned TSIKAMUTANDA for a exorcising demons that have wrecked havock in the White House and No 10 Downing Street. The two leaders said this service is scarce in the west hence coming to Africa.
So what’s that got to do with Mugabe seeking medical attention in the UK? Misleading headline
So what’s that got to do with Mugabe seeking medical attention in the UK? Misleading headline
They say one thing, blowing hot air to the ordinary people and then when it comes to their livelihoods they do just the opposite living it up -sic they do not practice what they are always preaching
These african leaders are a disgrace to the ordinary people. Ordinary people on the african continent should start an organisation to question these leaders and also make contact with foreign leaders to tell them of the abuse of money on the continent
These african leaders are a disgrace to the ordinary people. Ordinary people on the african continent should start an organisation to question these leaders and also make contact with foreign leaders to tell them of the abuse of money on the continent
Regai aende koo wonekwa. Pane wakazombodaro kwakoobviswe bete rakanga ratokandira mazanda munzeve mwacho. You never know. Kufa hakuna anoda.
Regai aende koo wonekwa. Pane wakazombodaro kwakoobviswe bete rakanga ratokandira mazanda munzeve mwacho. You never know. Kufa hakuna anoda.
Nigerian spent billions of Naira building what they call a VIP medical institution. They even commissioned a VVIP wing within the same complex.
Nigerian spent billions of Naira building what they call a VIP medical institution. They even commissioned a VVIP wing within the same complex.