African leaders should be ashamed for seeking medical treatment abroad - South Africa’s Health Minister, Aaron Motsoaledi blasts
South African Health Minister, Aaron Motsoaledi has criticised African leaders for seeking medical treatment abroad.
Speaking in Zimbabwe at a World Health Organization (WHO) meeting of
African health ministers, Mr. Motsoaledi said Africa is the only
continent where the leaders travel abroad for health reasons.
He spoke just hours after President Robert Mugabe, known for his
frequent medical trips to Singapore opened the meeting. However, Mr.
Mugabe was not present at the time Mr. Motsoaledi spoke.
"I have said this before and I will say it again: we are the only
continent that has its leaders seeking medical services outside the
continent, outside our territory. We must be ashamed of that. This is
called health tourism. We must promote our own."
In the past year, five African Presidents have gone overseas for
medical treatment, including Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari,
Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe, Benin's President Patrice Talon,
Angola's President Jose Eduardo dos Santos and Algeria's President
Abdelaziz Bouteflika.
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