Lagos needs 40,000 more doctors, N100bn to fix health sector – Sanwo-Olu

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has revealed that the authorities requires astir 40,000 further doctors and 40,000 much nurses to adequately conscionable the healthcare needs of its rapidly increasing population, portion estimating a backing spread of astatine slightest N100 cardinal successful the sector.

The politician besides announced that much than 1.5 cardinal residents person enrolled successful the state’s wellness security scheme, Ilera Eko, arsenic portion of ongoing efforts to fortify entree to affordable and sustainable healthcare.

Sanwo-Olu made the disclosures on Thursday during the opening of the 2nd Eko Health Convention held astatine the Oriental Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos.

He identified inadequate healthcare unit and insufficient backing arsenic the 2 large challenges facing the state’s wellness sector, noting that planetary donor enactment for illness power programmes has continued to decline.

“Lagos needs astir 40,000 doctors to decently service its population, but we presently person astir 7,000. We besides necessitate astir 40,000 much nurses. That means each doc presently practising successful Lagos is eff...