The cancer treatment centre
President Muhammadu Buhari inaugurated at the Lagos University Teaching
Hospital (LUTH) is still under lock.
The president inaugurated the
state-of-the-art centre on Saturday, February 9, with a pledge to ensure that
facilities for the prevention, early diagnosis and treatment of cancer are
available to more Nigerians.
When the
facility was visited after two days after the launch, the doors were shut, while workers where
outside putting finishing touches to some aspects of the building.
What the center looked like two
days after inauguration
One of the officials who spoke to
our reporter said the centre was not functional because staff had not been
deployed there yet.
“The staff here have not resumed.
They can’t begin operation for now. It might be after the election,” the
official, who did not want to be named, said.
At the inauguration ceremony, the
president announced that the model would be replicated across the country to
bring quality, first-class healthcare services to cancer patients.
“Indeed, over the coming months,
under our leadership, the NSIA will commission two Modern Medical Diagnostic
Centres to be co-located in the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano State and
the Federal Medical Centre Umuahia, Abia State, respectively, bringing
additional investment to Nigeria’s healthcare sector,” he had said.
Buhari and some top government
officials assessing an equipment inside the center
“Our goal today is not simply to
celebrate and applaud the culmination of months of hard work to achieve this
objective. Neither is it solely to revel in the successful completion of the
most modern and best-equipped Cancer treatment centre in West Africa.”
On a second visit to the facility
on Tuesday, the building was locked. Only a guard manning the facility was
seen.
In a telephone interview with
TheCable, Kelechi Otuneme, LUTH spokesman, said he was not aware if the
treatment centre had started functioning.
“The HOD is not around. He is the
only person that can give you the information,” Otuneme said, promising to
provide the HOD’s contact details.
Otuneme had not fulfilled the
promise as of the time this report was filed.
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