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By Abujah Racheal

The Medical Director, Garki Hospital, Abuja, Dr Adamu Onu, has called for a greater involvement of the private sector n Nigeria’s healthcare policy.

Onu made the call in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria(NAN), on Friday in Abuja.

“There is need for the health sector to embrace the Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) model in funding and managing the sector.

“A PPP-driven health care system will build an efficient healthcare ecosystem that will address the shortcomings of the public sector facilities and minimize outbound medical tourism, he said.

While reviewing the collaboration between public and private hospitals in managing the coronavirus pandemic he said” The PTF on COVID-19, has done remarkably well in managing the pandemic going by the rate of infection, fatality ratio and the rapid deployment of new infectious diseases laboratories across the country.

The managing director noted that while the COVID-19 pandemic had exposed the huge gaps in the healthcare sector, replicating the template between Nisa Premier and the Federal Capital Territory Administration would provide needed improvements.

Specifically, he stated that the pandemic has provided a stress test on the nation’s healthcare system which had exposed areas of inadequacies within the public even private health sectors.

“Nigeria’s healthcare sector is not as strong as it should be and the Covid-19 crises that came about is basically what I will call a stress test for the Nigerian health sector.

“Based on my experience here in Garki Hospital, I can confidently say that the PPP model is a very good way to improve the healthcare sector so that when pandemics like this arrive, the capacity is there to be able to curb or handle such and take care of it.

“The PPP between Nisa Premier and Garki Hospital, being the first of its kind in Nigerian health sector, has successfully passed this test,” he said.

Since its inception in 2007 till date, he said, the hospital has not shut down for a single day either due to strike action or any other reason and we have not sacked any staff.

Similarly, he noted that all patients, including those infected with COVID-19 were treated in line with the hospital’s policy of offering affordable treatment.

He commended the COVID-19 Presidential Task force (PTF), led by the Chairman, Mr Boss Mustapha for a good job for evolving a robust and workable national response strategy.

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