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Nigerian Turkish Nizamiye Hospital, Abuja commissioned
by President Goodluck Jonathan in February 2014 (Photo: facebook.com)
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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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