Nigeria: Nigeria loses $1.1bn yearly to outbound medical tourism — Kalu

…solicits foreign direct investment into ailing health sector

Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Benjamin Kalu, expressed concern over the capital flight worth over $1.1 billion lost to outbound medical tourism yearly.

Kalu, who stated this in Abuja while addressing the President of Montefiore Medicine, New York, USA, Dr. Phillip Ozuah, however, reiterated the present administration’s resolve towards improved funding for the health sector.

He said,…