Nigeria: Delta to Provide Free Healthcare For the Elderly

15 July 2009

Lagos — Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, has disclosed plans by the state to begin free medical healthcare services for the elderly while also promoting medical tourism through the development of its state-of-the art health facilities.

"We have improved on the health facilities in the state because this is a medical government and have brought medical knowledge into the planning for the health of the people.

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