- Charge other entrepreneurs to emulate
- More families will now have access to quality and affordable healthcare service…. Dr. Elumelu
Lagos state governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has lauded the launch of ultramodern Avon medical facility in the state, saying that the commissioning falls in line with the government’s commitment to delivering first class health facilities to Lagosians.
The commendation was given on Monday at the inauguration of Avon Medicals, a Heirs Holdings Company ultramodern 50 bed hospital in Lagos, which was also attended by the federal minister of health, where it was re-stated that government alone, cannot provide all the health needs of the citizens, but with the support of the private sector.
Governor Sanwo-Olu also commended, Dr Awele Elumelu, Chairperson, Avon Medical, for keeping her long-cherished dream alive.” But truly, really, to acknowledge a lady that in 16 years, she did not sit back to say that it’s important, that I’m comfortable, but she has decided to do something with her profession, to do something with her time, and to do something that, indeed, even the other parts of Heirs Holdings might not have, which is Avon Medical”.
The governor said, “When we listened to the story of how it started in 2009, they did not just give up after one little clinic or one small hospital. They wanted to make an impact. They wanted to indeed make a full print of what vision they saw, what issues they will have in a critical sector like health.
Adding “And Avon Medical, I would dare say, has put their name in the sand of time in this industry, not only in Lagos, but in Nigeria” Sanwo-Olu called on other privileged Nigerians to emulate the ingenuity of the Elumelus, using them as a platform to encourage others.
“What we’re doing, it’s not that they are passing the buck to the government. It’s that we’re partnering and we’re collaborating”.
The Governor said that Health practitioners, health institutions, health facilities everywhere in the world are not done by one arm of a society alone. Governments can certainly not provide everything for everyone.
But the government must create an enabling environment for private equity, for private partners, for private investors to take that decision and put their investment into the health profession.
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