Friday, November 28, 2014

Turkish Hospital To Undertake Kidney Transplant In Nigeria


Nigerian Turkish Nizamiye Hospital, Abuja commissioned by President Goodluck Jonathan in February 2014 (Photo: facebook.com)
The Nigerian-Turkish Nizamiye Hospital, Abuja, is set for kidney transplant and other complex medical surgeries in Nigeria, to save Nigerians the agony and cost of overseas treatment for such ailments.

The Nation reports that Medical Director of the hospital, Dr. Mustafa Ahsen, who stated this while fielding questions from journalists in Abuja on Friday, added that wealthy Nigerians no longer have to travel abroad for medical treatment.

Ahsen said: “Why should Nigerians travel abroad for checkup, surgery and other health reasons when we can handle them all here?

“You are sick and you want to travel abroad for treatment. When you are travelling, you get sicker. There are a lot of instances where people die before they could arrive overseas for treatment. Even in recent times, we all heard of a very eminent public figure that died on the way to a foreign hospital.

“Traveling abroad for medical treatment constitutes a financial burden. When you travel, you will pay for flight tickets and visa, you will pay hotel bills and all that. But here, you only concern yourself with fees for treatment. So we are here to save that money and that life.

Speaking on other treatments available at the hospital, the Medical Director said the facility is unique, with a wide range of services cutting across various departments.
“We are unique with all the departments we started here. Particularly, we are a foremost hospital in kneecap and hip joint replacement, open heart surgery and laparoscopy, where we operate on a patient without cutting him or opening his body. We are unique with that. We will continue to invest in higher technology,” he stated.

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