Ahmadiyya Hospital Upgrades For Improved Healthcare Services
. Partners Lagos For Free Treatment On Tuberculosis, HIV
By Sulaimon Salau
Nigerians can now enjoy improved healthcare services, as the Ahmadiyya Muslim Hospital upgrades with new technological facilities that would enhance service delivery.
This is even as the hospital enters into partnership with Lagos State Government to deliver free treatment on tuberculosis and HIV.
Chief Medical Director, Ahmadiyya Muslim Hospital, Dr Samiulla Tahir, during a media tour of the facility in Ojokoro, Lagos, said the hospital is currently operating telemedicine with its hospitals being digitally synchronized.
Tahir, who expressed pleasure in service to humanity as being pursued by Ahmadiyya’ mission, said the hospital offers non-discriminatory services to people, both Muslims and Christians, while it parades professional missionary doctors, both local and international.
“Over the years, we have kept improving. Now the specialists on our panel are cardiologist, gynecologist, pediatrician, journal surgeon, orthopedic surgeon and physiotherapists, and opticians for the eye clinic. Apart from that we have now acquired some new instruments,” he said.
The new facilities, according to him are: ultra modern scanning machine which can do all sort of tests, costing about N30 million; digital X-ray machine costing about N60 million; an upgraded theater facility, among others.
The hospital has further digitised it’s front desk, and the environment fully secured with CCTV monitoring system. It has also bolstered electricity supply with a 15kva solar system.
“The beauty of our service is that nobody is forced to pay for the services before the service is provided. In case of emergency, if somebody cannot afford the payment, we will just go ahead and give them free services. We do nominal charges, but for those who are unable to pay, we give them free services,” he said.
Tahir said the hospitals will continue to improve as more sophisticated equipment are being expected soonest.
“We still have a lot of grounds to cover, so I can’t say that we have covered everything, but what we are proud of is that, in our own capacity, we were able to satisfy the community, the needs of the community, what the government could not do, we are able to do that in our own capacity” he said.
According to him the outlook of the hospital in Ojokoro was upgraded recently, as the roof was changed and the environment improved upon.
He said “Apart from the infrastructure changes, we have introduced some new departments which are; Cardiology, Gynecology, and Physiotherapy.
“Now, all our medical services have been synchronized. We now have a software that can link us to what is happening in Canada. We can have assess to what is going on there, compare notes and services. The same thing with Ijebu-Ode, Apapa, Ojokoro and others.” He said.
According to him, Ahmadiyya has hospitals established in all the geo-political zones of the country. The centres are recognised by UNICEF and WHO for quality health care delivery.
Ahmadiyya has hospitals in Apapa, Ojokoro, Ijebu-Ode, Kano (three facilities), New Busa. Owerri will soon bounce back to serve the South-East region. The group has total of 162 hospitals across the world, which have now been synchronized.
Some of the patients who spoke to SlyeNews at the hospital commended the staff for professionalism.
Mr Dauda Ashafa said: “I am a seafarer, I work on board ship. My company introduced me to Ahmadiyya hospital and since then, I have never regretted it. There services are exceptional, I have been coming for the past 15 years and never have cause to regret.”
Mrs Toyin Adeleke said she brought her mum for treatment because the hospital renders excellent service and never discriminate against any religion.
“My mum has been using this place for the past six years. They are well organized. They have the structure. The reception is will take adequate care of you before you see the doctor. Everything is well organized,” she said.
