August 6, 2025

Private hospitals

General Health

Auxiliary Nurses Manage Private Hospitals as Owners Sideline Qualified Professionals

Nigeria’s health sector continues to grapple with the persistent brain drain of medical professionals migrating abroad, a challenge that has hit private hospitals, providers of about 70 percent of healthcare services in the country, particularly hard. In a bid to cut costs, many private health facilities are increasingly relying on auxiliary nurses, who often lack

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General

Private Hospitals Lament FG’s N200bn Debt for Emergency Services Since 2014

The Association of Nigerian Private Medical Practitioners (ANPMP) has raised alarm over a staggering debt exceeding N200 billion, which it says the Federal Government owes its members for emergency treatments delivered over the past decade. Dr. Kay Adesola, President of ANPMP, made this known during the association’s 47th International Conference and Annual General Meeting, held

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