The Federal Government has granted 50% electricity subsidy to public hospitals across the country.
Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Tunji Alausa, announced this on Thursday while commissioning some projects at the National Neo-Psychiatric Hospital in Barnawa, Kaduna State.
Alausa said the gesture is aimed at reducing the running costs for public hospitals and alleviate the impact on patients.
He also announced plans to rename the hospitals as Specialist Hospitals to broaden healthcare service delivery.
The projects commissioned by the minister in include, an Electronic Health Records and Alternative Power Supply at the Lawal Jafaru Isah Emergency Complex, solar power installations and a borehole at the dialysis unit of the Hospital as well as a 10.2 KVA inverter at the Abdulkareem Jika Yusuf COVID-19 Intervention Centre in Kaduna State.