By Modupe Gbadeyanka
Nigerians have been assured of affordable best-quality healthcare by the management of Evercare Hospital Lekki, Lagos.
This promise was made by the Chairman of Evercare Hospital Lekki, Mr Tosin Runsewe, at the commissioning of the facility on Thursday by the Vice President of Nigeria, Professor Yemi Osinbajo.
The Chairman said the company has “invested in a community of diverse, qualified and service-driven people to provide the best quality affordable care to its patients.”
The CEO of Evercare Hospital Lekki, Mr Rajeev Bhandari, on his part, promised that, “The hospital shall strive to meet best in class standards, with a patient-centric approach to care.”
According to him, “A robust clinical governance process has been implemented to ensure continuous quality improvement and the adherence to international standards for ethics and compliance.”
Evercare Hospital Lekki is a private 165-bed multispecialty tertiary care facility equipped and designed with modern state-of-the-art infrastructure and diagnostic services, with core focus specialities including Mother & Child Services, Cardiac Sciences, Neurosciences, Orthopedics and Critical Care & Emergency Medicine.
The team comprises a mix of highly skilled local and international full time and visiting consultants, setting a benchmark that will enhance the long-term sustainability of the country’s healthcare ecosystem for both patients and practitioners.
To ensure it provides quality healthcare to Nigerians, the organisation has partnered with leading HMOs in Nigeria including Axa Mansard, Total Health Trust Liberty Blue, Avon HMO, Oceanic Health, Bastion HMO and Leadway Health.
In addition to adding more local payors on a rolling basis, Evercare Hospital Lekki is also partnering with international health insurance providers including International MSO and Axa PPP.
Mr Osinbajo while performing the function virtually from Abuja, stated that, “The opening of Evercare Hospital in Nigeria marks an exciting moment for healthcare in Nigeria.”
According to him, “This is not just because of the several groundbreaking innovations that come with the package, but perhaps even more for what this holds for the future of medical care in Nigeria and Sub-Saharan Africa as the business landscape for medical care becomes wider.”
“The fact that Evercare chose to invest in Nigeria with the Evercare $1 billion emerging market health fund, truly confirms that we are seeing the birth of what will be one of the fastest-growing areas in the Nigerian economy.
“This will help us reverse the trend of outbound medical tourism and become a place of choice for a specialised procedure in healthcare,” he submitted.
In his remarks, the Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has said his administration will support investment in the healthcare sector by private investors.
He said this would be done by creating “an enabling environment for healthcare providers to strive” health is among the policy agenda of his government, noting that “health is one of the strongest human capital needs any government should provide.”
“Last year was quite difficult for us and even at that our health budget was the only one we increased because of the COVID-19 pandemic. This is part of the dedication we have for the health of our people,” he added.
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