President Bola Tinubu has approved the immediate upgrade of 16 health institutions across all six geo-political zones in the country.
The president directed that the infrastructure and equipment
of the institutions should be immediately upgraded.
The institutions include the Lagos University Teaching
Hospital, Surulere and the Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Zaria.
Among them are six teaching hospitals marked for the
establishment of oncology and nuclear medicine centres per facility all to be
delivered within 12 – 18 months.
The modernisations are “in line with his administration’s
vision of overhauling the health and social welfare sector…to ensure that
world-class cancer diagnosis and care is accessible…to all Nigerians,” said the
Presidency in a statement signed by Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Media and
Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale.
The statement is titled, ‘President Tinubu approves
immediate upgrade of key health infrastructure across Nigeria’s six
geo-political zones.’
Aside from LUTH and ABUTH, the four other teaching hospitals
are the University of Benin Teaching Hospital, Edo State, University of Nigeria
(Nsukka) Teaching Hospital, Enugu State, Federal Teaching Hospital, Katsina,
University of Jos Teaching Hospital, Plateau State.
Tinubu also approved critical health care service expansion
projects across the fields of radiology, clinical pathology, medical and
radiation oncology and cardiac catheterisation in 10 hospitals across all
geo-political zones.
They are Reference Hospital, Kaduna (North-West) —
(Radiology, clinical pathology, medical and radiation oncology), Medical
Diagnostic Centre Complex, Enugu (South-East) — Radiology, clinical pathology,
medical & radiation oncology), Usman Danfodiyo University Teaching
Hospital, Sokoto (North-West) — Diagnostic and intervention radiology, clinical
pathology, and cardiac catheterisation, University College Hospital, Ibadan
(South-West) — Diagnostic and intervention radiology, clinical pathology, and
cardiac catheterization and University of Uyo Teaching Hospital (South-South) —
Radiology and clinical pathology.
Others are Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching
Hospital, Bauchi (North-East) — Radiology and clinical pathology, Federal
Medical Centre, Asaba (South-South) — Radiology and clinical pathology, Harmony
Advanced Diagnostic Centre Complex, Ilorin (North-Central) — Radiology and
clinical pathology, Jos University Teaching Hospital (North-Central) —
Radiology and clinical pathology and Federal Medical Centre, Nguru (North-East)
— Radiology and clinical pathology.
Ngelale said the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare in
collaboration with the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority will carry out
the comprehensive upgrade of the cancer-treatment infrastructure and other
critical developments, in addition to the full renovation and expansion of
prior investments to improve broad-based access to high-quality healthcare
nationwide.
“These critical projects, set to be delivered within 12-18
months, will improve screening and diagnostics for communicable and
non-communicable diseases; reduce mortality rates and improve outcomes for
non-communicable diseases,” he added.
They are also expected to create considerable employment
opportunities for clinical, administrative, and managerial personnel across
Nigeria’s six geo-political zones, all while building the capacity of clinical
personnel in advanced procedures, diagnostics, and treatment modalities, in
accordance with the administration’s eight priority areas.
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