Buhari Has Right to Privacy, Confidentiality on His Health, Says Professor Adewole

The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, Saturday explained the rationale behind President Muhammadu Buhari’s preference for medical treatment abroad, saying it was to protect the president’s privacy as the country has remained unable to manage information.

Using the travail of Yusuf, the only son of Buhari, who was involved in a motorbike crash last year in Abuja, as an example, he said it was obvious that the privacy of a patient could easily be compromised in the country.

Adewole, who spoke in a telephone interview with THISDAY, said the president’s preference for foreign medical care was, however, not an indictment of the nation’s health system, adding that Buhari was committed to uplifting the sector to a standard that every Nigerian would be proud of.

THISDAY, May 13, 2018

 

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