The University of Calabar Teaching Hospital has said it acquired Direct Digital X-ray System, 4D Ultra Sound Scanner and 32 Slide City Scanner for the Department of Radiology to stem medical tourism abroad by the Nigerian elite and politicians.
“My passion is to build, improve and boost service delivery in the teaching hospital and with the equipment and better welfare package for doctors to achieve the same level of services rendered in foreign countries at UCTH,” he said.He explained that patients, who visit the hospital for radiology intervention no longer need to go outside the state for the service, adding that the hospital has automated its laboratories with designated Magnetic Resonance Imaging Laboratory.
The CMD, who said low funding still remained a major challenge at the hospital, however, assured that charges for medical services in the hospital were still pocket friendly and most of the funds used in equipping the hospital were drawn from their internally generated revenue.He expressed delight that the hospital had benefited from a Federal Government funded 10-bed Intensive Care Unit under its COVID-19 intervention.