Over 2000 medical equipment would be arriving Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, next week from India.
A statement by Alhaji Isa Gusau, spokesman of the Borno State Governor Alhaji Kashim Shettima, said: “A total of 2,050 light weight medical equipment, amongst them sets of tools for Laparoscopy surgeries are expected to arrive Maiduguri next week.”
He said this follows Governor Kashim Shettima’s trip to India, where he led negotiations with Indian medical equipment manufacturers, and secured discounted prices and gave necessary approvals for the medical equipment that are of German quality.
He said Dr Salisu Kwayabura, a consultant gynecologist and Borno Commissioner of Health coordinated and supervised selection of equipment and negotiations in India.
He said Laparoscopy, which will soon commence in Borno hospitals, is a modern surgical procedure in which surgeons use specific instruments to create access to the abdomen and pelvis of patients without going through the traditional method of making large incisions on the skin of patients. The procedure fast tracks healing, reduces pains and minimizes risks associated with post-surgical difficulties caused by large tearing of patients’ skin using traditional surgical procedures.
Gusau said Shettima, accompanied by the health commissioner, had on Monday, arrived New Delhi, capital of India, with a mission to take immediate delivery of the medical equipment required to compliment dozens of heavy weight high tech medical equipment already installed in seven newly built and soon to be commissioned General Hospitals as well as 18 General Hospitals completely overhauled by the Shettima administration.
