Public hospitals get 50% electricity subsidy

Dr. Tunji Alausa, the Minister of State for Health

Public hospitals get 50% electricity subsidy

Nigeria’s Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Dr. Tunji Alausa, announced that the Federal Government has approved a 50% electricity subsidy for public hospitals across the country.

According to him, this gesture aims to reduce the running costs for public hospitals and alleviate the impact on patients.

The Minister, speaking at the National Neo-Psychiatric Hospital in Barnawa, Kaduna, also commissioned the Electronic Health Records and Alternative Power Supply at the Lawal Jafaru Isah Emergency Complex and the solarization project at the dialysis unit, which includes a solar-powered borehole and a 10.2 KVA inverter with a lithium battery at the Abdulkareem Jika Yusuf COVID-19 Intervention Centre.

Dr. Alausa announced plans to rename the hospitals as Specialist Hospitals to broaden healthcare service delivery.

“We are going to change the names of our Federal Hospitals to Specialist Hospitals to expand care delivery and destigmatize hospitals so that everybody can come here. While the core services will remain psychiatric, this re-naming will allow for the continuous expansion of services,” he said.