The Enugu State Government formally turned over the state diagnostic centre to the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority, which manages the country’s sovereign wealth fund, on Tuesday.
The State Governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, made the handover at the Enugu State Diagnostic Centre Complex at the official launch of two of NSIA’s flagship firms, NSIA Advanced Medical Service Ltd (“MedServe”) and Equilease Systems Limited (“Equilease”).
“The physical and mental well-being of the workforce in any state is a function of the quality of healthcare services available,” Ugwuanyi stated in his speech.
“The collaboration with NSIA to transform this facility with the promise of significantly improved equipment and services will go a long way towards contributing to the state’s healthcare security.”
. With this, our state will be one of the few states equipped with world-class healthcare infrastructure and amenities,” he maintained.
Delivering his remarks on the three-part event, Mr Aminu Umar-Sadiq, the MD & CEO, NSIA, commended the state government for signing the agreement that necessitated the transfer.
Umar-Sadiq said “Over the past five years, we have built a strong and successful portfolio of healthcare service delivery centres.
“The transfer of the Enugu Centre for upgrade and rehabilitation is one of the steps in our journey towards making healthcare accessible and affordable for all Nigerians. The Centre is one of the 23 centres to be upgraded for Oncology and Diagnostic services.”
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He added, “MedServe and Equilease are transformative, market-disrupting entities that will deliver a unique set of connected solutions to bridge the gaps in Nigeria’s healthcare industry. The outcome from the creation of these entities is expected to strengthen the industry’s value chain and unclog the constraints created by insufficient financial investments, inadequate manpower capacity and substandard services.”
Speaking specifically on the companies, Umar-Sadiq explained that MedServe is being set up to serve as the vehicle to deliver NSIA’s healthcare expansion objectives. Its goal according to him is to provide high quality and affordable healthcare services and ensure equitable geographic access to these services across the country.
“The company will develop, equip, and operate NSIA’s expanding portfolio of healthcare centres and offer first class medical services nationwide.”
About EquiLease, he stated that it is a specialised equipment leasing service provider. Conceived as a market disruptor, the company will provide medical equipment leasing services, leveraging its strategic advantage to catalyze investments in healthcare institutions and facilitating the acquisition of equipment to improve the quality of care in the country.
He noted that Equilease would partner with medical equipment manufacturers to offer innovative financing and leasing programs for advanced medical equipment. At the onset, it will offer services exclusively to MedServe as an anchor client.
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