Mamora spoke on Monday in Abuja when a team from CPL Medical Group Limited, a local engineering company engaged in the rehabilitation of teaching hospitals in the country, paid him a visit.

The minister said hospital environment and bad attitude of workers are largely responsible for medical tourism in the country.

He said “President Mohammadu Buhari has resolved to curb medical tourism by supporting initiatives from individuals and groups. We are focused on improving working conditions in the hospitals because medical tourism is not necessarily an outcome of lack of medical equipment. It encompasses factors like lack of conducive hospital environment and poor attitude of health workers towards health care delivery”.