David Umahi varsity Teaching Hospital reversing medical tourism in Nigeria

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The Chief Medical Director (CMD), David Umahi Federal University Teaching Hospital (DUFUTH) Uburu, Ebonyi State, Prof. Uzoma Agwu, has called on Nigerians to desist from traveling overseas to treat their health issues.

According to the CMD, DUFUTH treats all kinds of illness including kidney, oncology, cancer and other centers with active medical facilities relating to health issues and also provides adequate care for their patients.

The CMD disclosed this at the hospital in an interview with Tribune Online in Uburu, Ohaozara local Government Area of Ebonyi State.

The hospital CMD also noted that the hospital will be carrying out a free dialysis section by the second week of January 2024, as part of the awareness creation about the Hospital institution.

Tribune Online gathered that the hospital built by Senator David Umahi, former Governor of Ebonyi State and handed over to the Federal government has carried out over one hundred successful surgeries on the health issues that bordered on kidneys and livers.

“Under the radiology department, we have the full complement of the radiological services. We also have Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) for the capturing of images mostly in the brain and the spinal cord, while the CT scan takes cross sectional images for bone resolution.

“Additionally, Mammograms meant for breast problems only have been activated and we have started using them already,” she said.

The CMD also noted that the Maternal and Child Health Center named after Muhammadu Buhari is fully activated with over one thousand radiological investigations done in the facility.

“The hospital is meant to provide everything relating to health issues, the staff have been gazetted into the Federal scheme, initially there were no seats and enough equipment but upon my assumption, everything was put in place,” she said.

According to her, the hospital has gotten the needed manpower and specialists as gynecologists, surgeons, pediatricians and many others to complement the 30 full-time consultants already in the facility to provide adequate services to the patients.

The CMD added that the hospital, under him had made some amendments in the structures of the facility, activated all the five floors which include the medicine, surgery departments, among others including community medicine and their services, noting that the services are not expensive compared to the prices of other hospitals of the same standard .

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