More specialty hospitals necessary to shorten IGMH queues: Nazim

Minister of Health Abdulla Nazim Ibrahim has said that to resolve the issue of lengthy queues at main government hospital, Indira Gandhi Memorial Hospital (IGMH), more hospitals that provide specialty services will need to be developed.

In an interview he gave to Mihaaru News yesterday, Nazim said that dedicated hospitals for thalassemia and cancer treatment will be built during this term. In addition to this, there are also plans to establish a dedicated hospital for women and children, he revealed. He stated that building dedicated hospitals for various specialties would present an improvement to the health care system.