Trapped by Coronavirus, Nigeria’s Elite Faces Squalid Hospitals
- Border closures mean the powerful can’t seek treatment abroad
- Nigeria has 75,000 doctors, far below WHO recommendations
A motorcyclist passes the Mainland hospital in the Yaba area of Lagos, Nigeria.
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For decades, powerful Nigerians could ignore the government’s failure to invest adequately in the health-care system by seeking medical treatment abroad. The coronavirus pandemic means they can no longer escape.