{"id":87434,"date":"2021-10-23T10:16:37","date_gmt":"2021-10-23T09:16:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=87434"},"modified":"2021-10-23T10:16:37","modified_gmt":"2021-10-23T09:16:37","slug":"cbn-proposes-n200b-support-for-healthcare-sector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/cbn-proposes-n200b-support-for-healthcare-sector\/","title":{"rendered":"CBN Proposes N200b Support For Healthcare Sector"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1714401143344618854\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN),\u00a0 Godwin Emefiele has said the apex bank had earmarked N200 billion to support the healthcare sector to drive the recovery of Nigeria\u2019s economy.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\nEmefiele said this at the inauguration of Duchess International Hospital, the newly built 100-suits state-of-the-art health facility in Ikeja, Lagos.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo further drive the recovery of our economy, the monetary policy recognized that while the interventions in our manufacturing sector is essential; it is also essential that we continue to support the medical sector.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen we started COVID, CBN set aside N100 billion to support the healthcare sector.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut upon rise in demand, we have disbursed N107.7 billion, supporting 114 healthcare projects which include medical diagnostics, pharmaceuticals, dental services, eye clinics both private and public hospital just to mention a few.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had taken up N100 billion to support healthcare but the monetary policy has said we should move it further up to N200 billion.<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; We would continue to do whatever can be done to support healthcare,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The CBN governor expressed the bank\u2019s commitment to continually support Nigerians in their businesses, calling on those abroad to come back home.<\/p>\n<p>He said, \u201cthe monetary policy recognizes that Nigeria parades some of the best in the world; we need to encourage everybody to come back home.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will continue to do the little we can to give you the support to grow your business.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He called on more private sector operators to invest in medical facilities that would help reverse medical tourism as that would make the country not to spend dollars abroad but create more dollars.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, medical tourism put a huge strain Onuche country\u2019s foreign reserves.<br \/>\nHe said more importantly, for every 1 billion dollars allocated to medical treatment abroad, there was less than 1 billion dollars that could be available to other critical sectors of the economy.<\/p>\n<p>Emefiele, therefore, urged banks to lend to Nigerians and members of the private sector community to invest, stressing that they did not need to be medical doctors to own a medical facility.<\/p>\n<p>The Vice- President of Nigeria, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, said the facility had all it needed to be the place of choice for medical tourists from other countries.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is one of those days when the belief is affirmed that this is a countrry of world class talents, world class ideas and world class execution.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are at Duchess, which by standards and personnel is comparable to anywhere in the world,\u201d said Osinbajo.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the facility will reverse medical tourism by delivering high standards of care using the most advanced technology.<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; The opening celebrates the fact that they have all that it takes to be the place of choice for even medical tourists from other countries.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith investments like this seeking high quality medical personnel, we can even reverse the trend of doctors leaving the 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