University
of Calabar Teaching Hospital, UCTH
The
University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, UCTH, will carry out her first Open
Heart
Surgery in
the hospital around the second week of April 2020.
Vanguard
learned that this was the outcome of the partnership the hospital management
has entered
into with a US-based team – VOOM Foundation.
Speaking
with Vanguard at weekend in Calabar, the Chief Medical Director of UCTH,
Prof. Ikpeme
Ikpeme said the hospital will join the big leagues to perform successful
open heart
surgeries and it would be a milestone achieved.
“The
hospital will join the big leagues of hospitals who have performed hearts
surgeries
and it will
be a giant stride achieved, as far as medical practice is concerned”.
“We are
planning open heart surgeries which will take place between the first two weeks
in May 2020.
We are working hard towards that with a United Stated based team called
VOOM
Foundation.
“We have
taken deliveries of consumables, we are constructing a dedicated theater suite
for the surgeries.
Staff and bio-medical engineers are kept on standby. We are
refurbishing
our machines which will be used for the surgeries,” he said.
Further,
Ikpeme revealed that within the past nine months since he assumed office, the
management
has been working on the vision and mission of the Hospital.
“Our mantra
is to Rebuild, Reboot and Restore i.e human resources, infrastructure, and
material
resources; to make a better Teaching Hospital that will serve the State and its
environs
effectively”.
“On the area
of research, as a teaching hospital,we are trying to develop and build upon
the
achievements of our institute for tropical research in the hospital.
“We are
collaborating with the United States (US) Military to research on Malaria and
Drug-resistant
in the Tropics. Both Clinical and field research is going on.” he revealed.
He admitted
having faced a lot of challenges since he assumed office but according to
him, it’s
been both challenging and interesting and we will be getting better everyday .
Vanguard
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