Abuja, Aug. 29, 2024 – The Federal Government has announced a 50% electricity subsidy for public hospitals across the country.
Dr. Tunji Alausa, the Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday.
He said gesture was to reduce the running costs of public hospitals and alleviate the financial burden of patients.
The minister was at the National Neo-Psychiatric Hospital in Barnawa, Kaduna, where he inaugurated the Electronic Health Records and Alternative Power Supply at the Lawal Jafaru Isah Emergency Complex.
He also inaugurated 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.
Alausa said plans were to rename the hospitals as specialist hospitals so as 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.
He expressed confidence in Dr. Aishatu Yusha’u Armiyau, the Chief Medical Director of the hospital.
Alausa said the hospital’s success reflected the promises made by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu during his campaign. (GBN)
