The African Development Bank(AfDB) has concluded plans to collaborate with the Afe Babalola University (ABUAD) multi-system hospital in a bit to ensure quality health care delivery for its staff in the continent.
Speaking during the bank’s visit to the university in Ado-Ekiti, the team leader and AfDB Regional Medical Doctor, Nigeria Country Department, Dr Augustine Uhunwangho said the state-of-the-art hospital had been making waves across the African continent and getting patronage from the bank would improve its service delivery system.
“Our senior Director had visited the hospital and we are here on the assessment of manpower, equipment and services available in the hospital.
“Our staff are always ready and desirous of being medically fit because that is our policy and our own is to recommend this facility after this assessment tour to the insurance company that in charge of healthcare services to our staff, so that it can be enrolled as one of those facilities that can render health care services to our staff, ” he said.
Responding, the founder of the university, Chief Afe Babalola, SAN commended the continental bank for its support to the hospital, adding that commendations had been received from across the world on the establishment of the hospital.
According to the legal icon, ” We have invested the funds given to us by AfBD on the hospital and we have the value more than four times the money given to us.
” My university, your hospital, my hospital by the grace of God is the best thing to have happened to Ekiti today. The coming of AfDB is a welcome development. You cannot have such a big infrastructures and facilities in that hospital and will lie fallow without proper use.
” Their coming means AfDB staff all over the country will be using this place. The Central Bank has also agreed to do the same and others. That will enable those people paying money for treatment oversees to spend their money here. It is good for us and the economy.”
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