The figure is significantly higher than the 19.2 per cent recorded during the same period in 2025
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The association has repeatedly condemned several incidents of assault, harassment, and intimidation over attacks on doctors and other healthcare workers in hospitals across the country.
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A PREMIUM TIMES investigation, based on interviews with patients’ relatives, healthcare workers, hospital management and mental health experts, found that rising demand for psychiatric services is stretching JUTH’s capacity
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An analysis of federal budgets since 2023 shows that while health spending has increased in nominal naira terms, its share of total government expenditure has consistently remained below six per cent, far from the 15 per cent benchmark African leaders agreed to more than two decades ago.
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