The Rivers State chapter of the Nigeria Medical Association, NMA, has called for a rebate on customs duties for medical equipment and interest-free loans for medical services from banks, citing the charitable nature of healthcare practices. Doctor Ebi Robinson, the immediate past NMA state chairman, made this call on Thursday at the Annual General Meeting of the association, noting that naira’s devaluation has raised medical supply costs by over 100 per cent while health maintenance organisations, HMOs, have not increased payments accordingly, shortchanging private medical facilities. Accordin…