- This was made known in a statement issued by the Chief Press Secretary to Bago, Ibrahim Bologi
Governor Umaru Bago of Niger State has initiated expansion and remodeling efforts at the Ibrahim Babangida Specialist Hospital in Minna, the state capital.
Established in 1995, this state-owned tertiary medical facility had seen limited expansion, with the exception of the VIP wing, until the current administration intervened.
A statement issued by the Chief Press Secretary to Bago, Ibrahim Bologi, on Monday, quoted the governor as saying that upon completion, “The remodeled hospital will boast a general outpatient department, patient’s waiting area, intensive care unit, accident and emergency unit, VIP section, trauma centre, doctors quarters, cafeteria and completion of a retention wall.”
It also added that additional supplies of medical equipment would include, “Endoscopy instruments for lower tract, endoscopy tower, monitor, camera head, 30-degree rigid telescope, resectoscope (bipolar and monopolar), diathermy pedal, endoscopy graspers, and biopsy forceps.”
The statement further read, “Before now, parts of IBB Hospital’s equipment were outdated, with crumbling structures and inadequate facilities across its wards.
“The hospital now is beginning to wear a new look, with the intervention of Gov Bago.
“While Gov Bago’s administration is already converting the old Shiroro Hotel into the state’s first University Teaching Hospital, it also recognised the imperative to remodel the IBB Hospital to a global standard.”