Ifeanyi Aneke

Aneke: How Digital Solutions Can Transform Health Sector in Nigeria – ThisDay

Digitalised and convenient access to healthcare service was recently launched by the Chief Executive Officer of CloudClinic, Mr. Ifeanyi Aneke, who stated in a special interview session that the Nigerian healthcare sector is set for a major digital disruption. Dike Onwuamaeze brings the excerpts:

What is your view about the state of healthcare delivery today in Nigeria?

The state of medical service delivery in Nigeria is good but it can be better. There is a lot of pain that is being experienced by patients and even doctors as well in all honesty. There are lots of challenges in being able to access healthcare services conveniently mostly in cities like Lagos where patients have to struggle through traffic to get to hospitals. Even the hospitals are congested and some of the facilities in the hospitals are not adequate enough to cater for the resources that are needed. So it is a bit challenging. We have seen the exit of our doctors, which is a major challenge. So, I think that to a large extent there is a lot that can be done about the healthcare sector in Nigeria. And that is what the CloudClinic is coming to tackle. We have looked at some of these challenges and figured out ways to use technology to start eliminating some of the obstacles.

How will this technology address this “Japa culture” that you have just mentioned now?

It does not directly address it but it builds something that we can use to reduce its effects, especially around the doctors. What I mean by that is that with CloudClinic, some of our doctors that have left the shores of this country and still have the licence to practice medicine in Nigeria can still be consulted by their Nigerian patients wherever they are. Irrespective of whether they are in Canada or the United States of America, The United Kingdom and Australia or wherever they go, with this technology they can still take care of patients in Nigeria efficiently without sacrificing anything whatsoever. That is one of the helps the CloudClinic will bring.

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