The Federal NeuroPsychiatric Hospital Kaduna, North West Nigeria, has widened its scope and concluded arrangement to begin dialysis and other key medical services.
Speaking with newsmen Tuesday
at newly constructed COVID-19 Complex inside the Hospital, the Medical Director Professor Abdulkareem Jika Yusuf said “the Dialysis unit which now have four brand new dialysis machines were procured as part of the Federal Government COVID-19 emergency intervention to handle kidney/heart failure, poison among others..
The Dialysis unit which has no comparison in this part of the country is equiped with Reserve Osmosis system for washing kidney and blood .
Nigerians, he noted, have spent huge amount travelling abroad for dialysis adding that this conscious strategy is to reduce the number of cases that have to travel out of this country for medical attention.
On the molecular lab, the Medical Director revealed that” the Laboratory will soon kick start serious infectious diseases Diagnosis, as you can see the building is far away from the others because of its sensitivity.
“Other medical interventions ready for use are the Bio Chemistry and Haematologyical lab for checking blood, para metres , constituents, balance and how they derange.
“The 16 beded Isolation centre was initially planned for ten beds but expanded to 16beds and will also be commissioned in June this year.
With over 200 bed spaces, the hospital has acquired 2generators, one is 150KVA and 250KVA to power the institution uninterrupted. Yusuf maintained.
He assured the public of an accessible and affordable services as soon as it’s commissioned ” I can assure you that our services is affordable, we are one of the cheapest Federal institutions, even when people don’t have money, we have an indigent patients’ fund that is managed by the staff of the hospital ”
He further assured that all the facilities provided are maintained ” we run a robust revolving fund which is meant to cater for the maintenance of all these facilities and with good management of the fund I believe that we’ll be able to manage all these facilities “
