Primus Hospital Abuja, Nigeria
AN Indian hospital, Primus Super Specialist Hospital, Karu, Abuja, is to commence kidney transplantation before December this year.
Making the disclosure when the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Senator Bala Mohammed and his State counterpart, Oloye Olajumoke Akinjide, paid an unscheduled visit to the hospital, the kidney transplant surgeon and urologist consultant at the hospital, Dr Rajesh Jain, stated that the hospital was setting up the necessary infrastructure to commence the transplantation programme.
He said, “I know there are many renal failure patients who are on dialysis and even the equipment for dialysism available in some places in the country are not up to standard.”
Dr Jain described the machines available to the hospital as standard and assured that the exercise would commence as scheduled.
He maintained that the hospital has standard dialysis machines and that when fully in operation, patience with renal failures would not need to travel outside the country for medical attention.
Speaking, Senator Mohammed described the specialist hospital as one with the best of facilities in the world and one that has the best of facilities in the country today.
He said, “The hospital is same that Nigerians attend for medical attention in India. The hospital approached FCTA that it wants to come and deliver their services here. They brought the best of equipments worth billions of Naira which we have no hand and they are delivering their services here to help the people of Nigeria.
“Here is a specialist hospital with the best of facilities in the world. This is a hospital that has the best of facilities in Nigeria today. It is just because people have not discovered it and the cost has to be high because they are going to save the cost of transportation and other cost and of course they have to recoup their investment.
“We have not given them any kobo so that is why the cost is a little bit high. I have sat down to appeal with their management that they have to realize that we don’t have so much money and that their charges should be reduced so that it can be accessed,” he added.
Written by: Christian Okeke
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