Adamawa state Deputy Governor, Professor Kaletapwa Farauta has inspected CT Scan equipment at the General Hospital Numan.
Addressing journalists shortly after the inspection at the CT Scan complex, Farauta said the new facilities were procured by the state to reduced number of referrals cases in the Numan federation made up of nine LGAs.
According to her, the equipment currently being installed would ease patients difficulty traveling far to access similar health services outside the state.
” Government made CT Scan machine available to Numan General Hospital to serve our people.
“We are hoping, within shortage possible time, the machines would be installed and start serving people.
“Equally, referrals for such CT Scan service outside the state would be drastically reduced.
She however, stated that government had procured five
dialysis machines for free treatments across the state to make healthcare more accessible to the common man at the State Specialists Hospital.
It was gathered that average dialysis treatment for a patient per week costs N100,000 mostly due to kidney failure.
She added that the initiative is party of ongoing efforts to enhance healthcare services, ensuring both urban and rural communities benefit from improved medical care.
Conducting the Deputy Governor round the facilities, the Principal Medical Officer, (PMO) of the hospital Dr. Rephath Pius explained that the CT Scan machine will guide them to have a definite treatment on patients
Pius stressed that the machines can take higher than normal scan machine can take, describing the intervention as a milestone in the health sector of the state.
Hussaini Hammangabdo
Press Secretary
