The Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida Specialist hospital in Minna, Niger State is set to begin carrying out complex surgical operations and subspecialty medical services with the commissioning of what it termed world class medical facilities.
According to the ministry of health, the provision of these services will reduce to the barest minimum medical tourism and strengthen medical value retention within the state.
The remodeled medical facilities at the Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida Specialist Hospital is to boost tertiary health services to world-class standards.
According to the Commissioner for Health, Murtala Bagana the remodeled facilities will strengthen medical value retention within the state by reducing outward medical tourism and providing advanced care locally.
He further stated that the medical facilities will provide subspecialty services including cardiology, endocrinology, gastroenterology, nephrology, pulmonology, family medicine, and anesthesiology.
He said going forward, the facilities can also serve as a temporary site for the IBB University Teaching Hospital for the training of clinical students, resident doctors, and other healthcare professionals, as well as for academic research.
The Chief Medical Director of the Hospital, Bala Waziri, said the remodeled facilities mark a significant milestone in the health sector of the state and will increase admission capacity and reduce congestion, adding that with the availability of the new facilities, it will reduce referrals to other health facilities outside the state and the country.
He disclosed that there are 20 visiting consultants who are collaborating with residents and the medical team for increased service delivery assuring proper utilisation and maintenance of the facilities.
Governor Umar Bago while commissioning the facilities said it is part of the demonstration of his administration’s deliberate efforts to provide world-class medical services in line with the New Niger Agenda.
The facilities commissioned include 60-bed porta cabins, an accident and emergency unit, an intensive care unit, a radio-diagnostic suite housing a mammogram, MRI, CT scan, X-ray, and other scanning rooms, among other wings.
(Editor: Ada Ononye)
