Currently, Lagosians enjoy the best of both worlds in terms of government and private health institutions.
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Government health institutions have strong presence at Federal and State levels and leading the pack is the 52-year-old Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH, Idi Araba, widely acknowleged as one of the nation's "Centres of Medical Excellence".
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When it comes to matters of health, Lagos is listed among States in the "high end" class because of the high number and variety of general and specialist health facilities on offer.
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A rundown of statistics of healthcare facilities in the State is a pointer to this potential. Statistics from the Healthcare Facilities Monitoring and Accreditation Agency, HEFAMAA, shows that in Lagos, there are 26 registered General Hospitals, 256 public healthcare centers, 2, 886 private hospitals or specialist clinics and laboratories or diagnostic centers in addition to an estimated 160 tradoimedical centers.
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HEFAMAA was set up by health sector reform law of 2006 to ensure improvement in the quality and efficiency of health care delivery in the State. HEFAMAA performs its regulatory functions to ensure that the minimum set standards by law are maintained thereby securing the safety of lives of its citizenry.
This is great news for Lagosians.
We hope it stays this way