Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Teaching Hospital, Zaria, Kaduna state has said it will commence kidney transplant surgery in 2025.
Gatekeepers News reports that Ahmed Umdagas, chief medical director of the hospital during an interview with NAN, said the Urology Centre of Excellence would be ready by the first quarter of 2025.
He said, “By the first quarter of 2025, ABUTH would commence kidney transplant. What was just holding us was a few infrastructure.”
“Beside that, most of the machines and equipment for kidney transplant were available and our personnel have been adequately trained to offer the services.”
Umdagas noted that there would also be an amenity wing that can take any class of patients, adding that the wing will have a single-bed room, a room, and a parlour for affluent patients as ABUTH was determined to offer global-best services.
He said, “The amenity wing would have a dedicated line and a website; the website will have the profile of doctors in the hospital.”
“When a patient wants to see a certain professor or specialist, what he will just do is to make a call on the dedicated line or the website to see him seamlessly.”
Speaking on additional efforts to reverse medical tourism, the CMD said ABUTH had a fully functional 128 Slice CT Scan machine.
He said, “If you are doing investigation abroad that requires the use of the 128 slice CT Scan, one must pay an amount not lower than $200 which is over N300,000 while ABUTH charges for such service is just N30,000.”
“We also have 1.5 Tesla MRI and 0.2 Tesla MRI machines which are high imaging machines.”
“They are fully functional at the hospital and the cost for such services is far below what is being charged in other places within Nigeria.”
“We also do lithotripsy at ABUTH which is breaking stones by laser instead of a surgery.”
