Increased Demand for Specialist Healthcare Services to Drive Hospital Infrastructure Development in Nigeria, says Frost & Sullivan PR Newswire CAPE TOWN, South Africa, June 14, 2012 - Investors will have to strategically manage costs to ensure profitable construction ventures CAPE TOWN, South Africa, June 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The high burden of communicable diseases, and the increasing burden of non-communicable diseases in Nigeria, often necessitates specialist hospital care. Although Nigeria has well-equipped tertiary facilities, these do not adequately meet the needs of the entire population, opening up lucrative market opportunities in the hospital construction market. New analysis from Frost & Sullivan (http://www.medicaldevices.frost.com), Healthcare Infrastructure: Revitalisation and New Hospital Market in Nigeria, finds that the revitalisation and new hospitals' market was valued at $125.4 million in 2010 and is estimated to be valued at $149.0 million in 2017. "The adoption of more Western lifestyles by the emerging middle class in Nigeria, making them prone to non-communicable diseases, has increased the demand for specialist healthcare services," noted Frost & Sullivan's Healthcare Research Analyst Tinotenda Sachikonye. "With long waiting lists for tertiary healthcare services in the country's public sector, the wealthier portion of the population often seeks specialist healthcare services abroad.