In a bid to address medical tourism and enhancing research, the Federal Government plans to send some medical personnel abroad for training in certain specialties.
The Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Dr Tunji Alausa, stated this during the investiture of Dr Peter Ebeigbe as the 23rd President of the National Postgraduate Medical College, Ijanikin.
Alausa said the Federal Ministry of Health was working with the National Postgraduate Medical College, Ijanikin, Lagos State towards the plan.
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 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.