ABUJA - Some members of Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) have urged the Federal Government to implement the Public-Private-Partnerships (PPP) scheme in government hospitals to improve quality of health care delivery in the country.
The doctors, who are part of the ongoing nationwide strike called by NMA, spoke to the newsmen in Abuja.
They said that PPP would stabilise activities in the hospitals and increase efficiency in service delivery.
One of the medical doctors, Dr Titus Ibekwe, who is the National Vice President of NMA, said that PPP would help to develop the health sector.
“In my opinion, PPP is a welcomed development; this is because it will definitely make services rendered in hospitals more efficient and effective.
“You find PPP in developed countries; the sections in the hospitals that generate money such as the laboratories and pharmacies should be run by the private sector, Then, the health sector will be developed, ’’ Ibekwe said.
On his part, Dr Jibril Abdullahi, the National President of the Association of Resident Doctors (NARD), said that PPP could work if it was implemented partially.
“It is an alternative that can work provided it is done partially, while keeping in mind the importance of the tertiary hospitals in the training of health care workers at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels,” he said.
According to Abdullahi, the government can start with the concession of laboratories, and maybe, the pharmacy unit that are not direct points of clinical consultation and procedures.
He pointed out that Nigerians needed a health care system devoid of politics.
In his contribution, the National President of the Guild of Medical Directors (GMD), Dr Tony Phillips, said “PPP is inevitable and has to be achieved in Nigeria.
“It is important because it has been realised that hospitals cannot survive without the private sector.
“This is because the private sector is more organised, focused and result oriented, so the government must align with the private sector to achieve quality health care delivery in hospitals.’’
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