The Federal Government has unveiled plans to send some medical personnel abroad for training in certain specialties with a view to checking medical tourism and enhancing research.
According to The PUNCH, the Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Dr Tunji Alausa confirmed the development.
Alausa said the Federal Ministry of Health was working with the National Postgraduate Medical College, Ijanikin, Lagos State towards the plan.
The health minister spoke in Lagos on Friday during the investiture of Dr Peter Ebeigbe as the 23rd President of the National Postgraduate Medical College, Ijanikin.
Ebeigbe a fellow in the Faculty of Obstetrics and Gynecology, was elected on December 1, 2023, during the 131st statutory meeting of the governing board of the college, and he is expected to hold the position for the next two years after taking over from the immediate past president, Dr Akinsanya Osibogun.
Delivering a speech at the ceremony, Alausa said the ministry was developing new curricula to solve the challenges in the health sector.
He said, “I am to announce that the college, in collaboration with the ministry, is establishing training in many other sub-specialties to be able to treat Nigerians, reduce medical tourism, and enhance research.
