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00:00:49At defining moment, societies are often judged by how they
00:00:53respond to their greatest challenges. For immo state,
00:00:57health care has become the clearest sign of exemplar. change,
00:01:01for years, many public health facilities struggled with aging
00:01:06in infrastructure, limited equipment and the pressure of meeting the needs of a
00:01:09growing population. The result was a system where healthcare
00:01:13workers
00:01:14in often had to do more with less, where patients sometimes travel
00:01:18beyond their communities in search of specialized care. A new
00:01:22of chapter is now unfolding. Today, wave of
00:01:25rehabilitation, reconstruction and investment is reshaping
00:01:29imo's health. landscape, and one of such transformation is
00:01:32of coming to life at the specialist Hospital, umoguma,
00:01:36oweri West Local Government Area. The
00:01:39building, formerly the Umuguma General
00:01:43of Hospital, is now being remoded into a facility as good as
00:01:46new. Curious to witness this transformation first
00:01:49hand, I made my way to the specialist Hospital,
00:01:53waiting to receive me was the Chief Medical Director, Dr. Chima
00:01:56Okbaraji, who led me through facility. where almost
00:02:00every corner tells the story of change, construction is still very
00:02:04much in progress, but this is far more than
00:02:07a renovation
00:02:08of project.
00:02:08of what was once a general hospital building is steadily taking
00:02:12shape as a specialist medical institution, designed to
00:02:16provide advanced health
00:02:17a care, supported by modern
00:02:19of infrastructure, specialized
00:02:21in departments and cutting edge technology. not just the renovation
00:02:24of the um specialist hospital, but
00:02:28a construction of... of new a brand new
00:02:32facility with installation of a
00:02:34me state
00:02:34of the art medical equipment that meet international
00:02:37standards. we also
00:02:41have
00:02:41a diagnosis center, yes
00:02:45that - we have
00:02:48of MRI, CT scan,
00:02:51mammogram, x-rays and the
00:02:55of all diagnostic equipments, very modern and
00:02:58standard
00:02:59of also, um, his
00:03:01of excellency has
00:03:02in
00:03:05a also in -
00:03:07of built first of his kind,
00:03:09robotic uh complex,
00:03:12of robotic of complex, robotic, which of course we are going to
00:03:15of see right now, already
00:03:18completed, as
00:03:22we move through the
00:03:22of completed of sections, the next phase
00:03:25of the project was already taken shape, room stood ready to
00:03:29receive sophisticated. medical equipment, while specialized units
00:03:32are waited the teams that will soon bring them to
00:03:35life.
00:03:39every corridor, every unit, every department and every installed
00:03:43machine tells a story of preparation for the patients who will eventually
00:03:47work through his doors, beginning with the accident and emergency
00:03:51of unit, where the CMD introduced me to advanced treatment
00:03:55a technologies designed to improve patientts health outcomes. this place is the
00:03:59a entrance for for the accident and the emergency
00:04:03session
00:04:03of the hospital, so they coming from
00:04:06here, a brief stopover,
00:04:09yeah, see, then they will move this way, mean for emergency,
00:04:13yes, will move this
00:04:16way, we have the triage room
00:04:19where we sort out the patients based on the severity
00:04:23of their
00:04:25of problems, some people can be stabilized there if it is very minor
00:04:28problem, they can
00:04:29of even go from here some people
00:04:31can be sent to the word from here, while the ones that require
00:04:34accident and emergency care will now be moved
00:04:38of to the accident and emergency
00:04:42world, over 15 consulting
00:04:44rooms,
00:04:48on this line left to right, left
00:04:50right, wow a
00:04:54significant part
00:04:54of the hospital's design focuses on matana and child health care,
00:04:58the neonatal and Intensive care unit is been developed to provide
00:05:02specialized
00:05:03of support for
00:05:04of premature babies and newborns requiring critical
00:05:07care at metal
00:05:11section. so the antinatal women they stay
00:05:15here to receive you know the antinatal
00:05:19talk you cansling and then these are consulting rooms
00:05:22after which the doctors see
00:05:25them this place
00:05:29for families facing complicated pregnancies or fragile
00:05:33newborn conditions access to specialized care can make the
00:05:36difference between uncertainty and hope the maternity boards of modern
00:05:40labor and surgical facilities
00:05:42designed to support safe deliveries and emergency obstatric
00:05:46procedures, this is a postnatal what
00:05:49after delivery we
00:05:52admit the women here after
00:05:54delivery, this is one, two, three
00:05:58and four, wow, and everyone is just like
00:06:02this,
00:06:03like this, yes, beyond physical
00:06:07illness, the hospital also recognizes another growing head care
00:06:10need, mental health, dedicated spaces are being
00:06:14created to support patients requiring psychiatric and psychological
00:06:18care a structured clinical environment. when we talk about mental health, people think
00:06:22that it is mad people, you know there are a lot
00:06:26of mental health issues, even depression, if you assess
00:06:29everyone here you will find that that one or two may have a mental
00:06:33health challenge. also you know there is also drug
00:06:37addiction that is ramp to, so rehabilitation works to
00:06:41take place here inside this.
00:06:42Yes, one the important support systems
00:06:46been developed in the hospitals oxygen plant to support
00:06:50emergency care, surgery, intensive care and neonatal
00:06:54services. Okay, the scope the work is actually massive
00:06:58in terms of scope, areas cover, there's
00:07:01virtually no field that um, no field of
00:07:05medicine, yes in terms of everyday use, everyday
00:07:08practice that isn't touched from the theaters to... the
00:07:12independent medical plants uh gas plants units to the words
00:07:16everything to the NICU, the miku, the
00:07:20ICUs everything is covered in the place and it's
00:07:24actually very massive and being very well
00:07:27implemented and the diagnostic centers and diagnostic
00:07:30center in terms the equipment
00:07:33what much top notch
00:07:37top notch equipment from everything you you've already seen them
00:07:41talkch every thing you have from the beds to the uh
00:07:45the CT units at the radiology there
00:07:48sements that's about the world's best you have yes
00:07:52you have the semence products the CT the MRI we have
00:07:56there the x-ray units the the mamo yes all
00:08:00them talk much the construction exercise
00:08:04features comprehensive notation the
00:08:07entire uh medical facility
00:08:11informing the uh the
00:08:14structures and then uh retrouding and
00:08:18equiping state
00:08:19in the the hearts equipment uh the
00:08:23as i said earlier it featured innovation civ works
00:08:26and then equipment installation now all the
00:08:30department generally were innovated and
00:08:34the feet more than we have
00:08:38the surgical watch surgical watch which was
00:08:56the current modern facility for
00:08:59facility like that, the the
00:09:03hospital laboratory was fully furnished
00:09:07fully equip as well, likewise uh the
00:09:10Nicu is... modern facility we can have
00:09:14look of this one, we also have the uh the maternity
00:09:18what
00:09:19uh
00:09:22dt and the modern equipment as
00:09:26well, more importantly uh we have
00:09:29the
00:09:33uh the gas plant, the gas plant which is an essential part
00:09:37the hospital uh facility in
00:09:40which uh each them the necessary
00:09:43department are uh equipped with
00:09:47medical gas facility the oxygen the valcuum
00:09:51as well as the medical gas medical year
00:09:54itself uh we have the icu
00:09:58that is the part it is fully equip with
00:10:02electric b yeah but yes
00:10:04icu f
00:10:08yes so and then we have the diagon center the
00:10:12geology complex yeah we are going there
00:10:16so we have the city we can look at the ic
00:10:19we and we have
00:10:21the uh we have the mo and we have
00:10:28Yes, one the most ambitious features planned for the
00:10:32facility is the robotic surgery and oncology
00:10:35center, it is the first of his kind by any nigeran state, one the
00:10:39landmark projects of his
00:10:42excellency, distinguished senator, the governor of
00:10:46imo state, this building actually was started six months
00:10:49ago from foundation up to this point, now it
00:10:53is even fully equip. "the robot is here, so there'll be robot
00:10:57assisted surgeries, people will, in fact at the
00:11:01back there'll be a helepart, because yes, at the back
00:11:05the robotic center, so the very soon it
00:11:08to yes elip for the headquopters that will bring people
00:11:12from outside the state,
00:11:15because yeah, because of emergencies, this center
00:11:19attracts people from all over the world, it's not just, so you're already
00:11:23looking at this..."
00:11:26um, this tertiary hospital,
00:11:29yes, also
00:11:31um, playing his part in terms
00:11:34of reducing, reversing medical tourism, reversing medical
00:11:38yes, tourism, yes,
00:11:39tourism, it will reverse medical tourism, so this place will be man by a
00:11:42professor, robotic surgeon, uh,
00:11:46he comes here regularly, he himself with his team
00:11:50of a surgeons, they'l be carrying out complex,
00:11:54yes, even UK, US, they will be coming
00:11:58to card out complex surgeries, robotic surgeries here
00:12:02from time to time, and that's why that
00:12:05need for the helipad came up and his excellency
00:12:09approved the back of that place for that
00:12:11purpose. is just few weeks from his grand
00:12:15opening, once fully operational, robotic assistant surgery
00:12:19will significantly expand the hospital's capacity to perform highly
00:12:23precise and minimal invasive
00:12:25procedures, the technology is already in
00:12:29place, with the remaining installations nearing
00:12:31completion. leading this pionearing initiative is
00:12:35professor Kinsley ekeeme, the UK trained robotic
00:12:39surgeon who made history by performing West Africa's first robotic
00:12:43assisted prostate cancer surgery using the Davinci surgical
00:12:46system. I came here and when I
00:12:50saw things that
00:12:54distinguished. senator hope was the my governor was doing,
00:12:58he didn't need to tell anything anymore, so at
00:13:02the end of it he asked me if i
00:13:05could develop what i do here in limo
00:13:09states and i said yes i'll do
00:13:12it and everything he
00:13:15promised he delivered it and he personally
00:13:19made sure that didn't have any
00:13:22complaint and i can tell you that the emo robotic
00:13:26center uh is modeled after
00:13:30similar center
00:13:32in uh hamburg okay so
00:13:36my friends when i went out there to meet them that was where i started having
00:13:40this concept of boutique
00:13:43clinic boutique surgical
00:13:46clinic where a patient will coming and
00:13:50feel like you're at home and you walk
00:13:54in you walk out same way as you came in and
00:13:58that's the concept, that's why this is not called a robotic
00:14:01hospital because hospital has negative
00:14:05psychological impact on the patient and i've
00:14:08researched on the psychological impact of cancer on
00:14:11patients um in my
00:14:15unit where i currently had the cancer
00:14:19department as well so it's
00:14:22called the robotic clinic for reason.
00:14:26and his excellency asked me if i could
00:14:30deliver the project within six months
00:14:33and i
00:14:35can i don't know the record you will
00:14:38tell me if there's been any of this type of
00:14:42building in this country that was achieved in
00:14:46four months with his expertise guiding the program state
00:14:50officials believe many Nigerians who currently seek specialized treatment
00:14:54abroad the soon find world class care much closer to
00:14:57home, the robot is inside of here, the main
00:15:01robot is inside of here, and other accessories, that's
00:15:05other accessories, this one
00:15:07and and this one
00:15:11as well, so this is what
00:15:14professor and his
00:15:17team will be
00:15:19using to attend
00:15:22to people. need special
00:15:26care in himo state and beyond the borders of
00:15:30imo state, lot is happening in the health
00:15:33sector in emo state and the whole idea
00:15:38is to be able to take good care of
00:15:41people
00:15:43health-wise, the governor is spearing no
00:15:46effort, is brought in
00:15:50expensive top the range equipment for the
00:15:54purpose of delivering health
00:15:57care a manner that is
00:16:01world class and the CMD has told
00:16:04us so much about the efforts that the... has
00:16:07made. Behind
00:16:11the scens, the sound of construction form part the story.
00:16:15Well loaders transported crush stones and construction materials
00:16:19to level the ground in preparation for additional
00:16:22structure, helippad. The facility is intended
00:16:26to support faster emergency transfers and improve
00:16:30response capability for critically ill patients requiring urgent
00:16:33specialist attention. I'm standing right now at the back of.
00:16:38the emo state specialist hospitals, robotic and
00:16:41oncology center and the governor of state
00:16:45plans to build early part behind the
00:16:49center, this is because this
00:16:52center is projected to
00:16:55bring in foreign experts led
00:16:59by professor uh
00:17:02equme who is a world class robotic surgeon based in the
00:17:06United Kingdom. "there would be many
00:17:09people, it is expected from different parts of
00:17:12Nigeria, and some of those people will need
00:17:15emergency attention, and that is
00:17:19why erypad is going to be
00:17:22built at the back of this robotic center so
00:17:25that those who need emergency care can be
00:17:29brought to the center uh via by
00:17:33air, that is through the helicopters, it is clear that this"
00:17:37project represents new model of specialist headcare infrastructure
00:17:41where advanced technology, skill professionals and modern facilities
00:17:45come together under one roof. healthcare transformation is not confined
00:17:49to one location. across imost state, different hospitals are
00:17:53contributing their own chapters to much larger
00:17:55story. my next stop:
00:17:59omoma in oru is local government area, where
00:18:03another remarkable transformation is going on. at the
00:18:07Michael Husodima Memorial Hospital in Homoma
00:18:10named after Governor Hope Usodima's late father.
00:18:13The hospital represent another important chapter in the state's brother effort to
00:18:17rebuild public health care infrastructure. While
00:18:21every facility tells his old stories. They are all
00:18:25connected by one shared vision, creating hospitals that are
00:18:29better equipped to meet the health careare needs or the people they
00:18:32serve. Waiting to receive me was chief medical director
00:18:36Dr. Anthony. who guided me through the
00:18:39hospital and explained the remarkable changes taking place across the
00:18:43facility, as we proceed with our
00:18:46evaluation of governor hopusodima's work in the health
00:18:50sector, today we are in umuma
00:18:54and muma and i have with me
00:18:58the chief medical director the general hospital
00:19:02in umuma town Dr.
00:19:05Azunye Anthony.
00:19:10CMD, it's a pleasure meeting you and
00:19:13um,
00:19:14we will be happy to go into the inner recessis of your
00:19:17hospital. Our first stop was the ophalmology
00:19:20department. Can you explain to us?
00:19:23Yes, here traditional diagnostic
00:19:27methods are gradually giving way to state the heart technology,
00:19:30enabling clinicians to detect e conditions
00:19:33earlier, make more accurate diagnosis and deliver. more
00:19:37effective treatment lensometer what what
00:19:40what does that mean this is
00:19:42for confirming uh lens prescriptions okay
00:19:46yes so this is the fonduse camera fonduse camera yes
00:19:50fonduse camera for checking the internal structures inside the
00:19:53eye and
00:19:54then slit slet number microscopy
00:19:58then we have the fire lens box
00:20:02okay the thernometer
00:20:04that cont is the
00:20:08latest, yes, previously, you need to the late
00:20:12patient size, introduce something to be able to get the
00:20:15pressure the recently with this machine don't need
00:20:19that,
00:20:23like that, can
00:20:27imagine, it has
00:20:30and just made your job lot easier, no stress, you will just do your
00:20:34work, so how many of th can you? give me so
00:20:38let these are basically uh frames, optical
00:20:41frames and there are no prescriptions inside, no
00:20:45lenses, yes, basically just optical which
00:20:49we use for the... the final prescription
00:20:52glasses, so the the patient can
00:20:55choose one that i want, yes, for the doctors, nurses
00:20:59and other healthcare professionals, perhaps the greatest transformation cannot
00:21:03be measured by the arrival of new machines alone as a medical
00:21:07practitioner, you read about it, you see it
00:21:10action and you see how many lives it saves and
00:21:14how it comes to intervent in saving lives, lives
00:21:18of babies that see that to... would have died without any
00:21:21intervention, this is true that we cannot thank
00:21:25a governor enoughted
00:21:29oxygen supply, you don't have
00:21:33need most times for bringing in
00:21:35oxygen you socket to the
00:21:39oxygen from the oxygen
00:21:41so it's already piped to this place we have oxygen
00:21:45production units at the three designated locations
00:21:49and state they have one at all teaching
00:21:52hospital, teaching hospital, they have one at the now
00:21:56federal medical center of okay so we get supply get
00:22:00supply from so once you receive the supplies you
00:22:03then i them to the yes
00:22:07intensive care unit wow intensive care
00:22:10unit and everything is looking new here as
00:22:14well wonderful this is
00:22:17great Yes, that's what it
00:22:21suggest to me as somebody far away, yes, I like
00:22:25to see new things, can see
00:22:28monitor one for each patients, there for these
00:22:32patients and these are ventilating machines,
00:22:36for automatic ventilation and
00:22:39specize the patient, supply
00:22:41oxygen, this this
00:22:44equipment will make the big difference between life
00:22:48and death changes. everything stories that
00:22:52used to be that patients get into that segment and they don't come back to
00:22:56life, it's a very thing the
00:22:58past, something
00:23:01anybody that understands
00:23:04healthcare very, so as health
00:23:07professional, seeing that you are
00:23:11a better position to save
00:23:15lives, what what what does this do to
00:23:17you personally? and for all of us working
00:23:21here gives us this satisfaction sense
00:23:25of satisfaction that all your efforts are not
00:23:28in very
00:23:31happy here yes
00:23:35because uh when
00:23:37the the question came i was told to come to
00:23:41this place very very
00:23:45happy i'm going to
00:23:47work us
00:23:50community and a
00:23:53facility you build
00:23:57that is one the best if not the
00:24:00best in the whole the
00:24:02state because some
00:24:05the now some that
00:24:09we have here state theip
00:24:10the all and environment everything is
00:24:14superb nobody will come here and say
00:24:18that will be happy.
00:24:22another notable feature was the availability of backup equipment,
00:24:26in health careare, preparation is
00:24:28essential, our
00:24:31pharmacy, our tour then led us to the pharmacy department where i met
00:24:35young pharmacists whose enthusiasm reflected the renewed
00:24:39optimism within the hospital, for someone
00:24:42entrusted with ensuring the safe and timely availability of
00:24:46medicines, the improvements were more than cosmetic, the rep
00:24:50best a services working environment designed to support better health service delivery
00:24:53and patient satisfaction is
00:24:57doing very well to see
00:25:00that we have all we we
00:25:00need don't our suffer
00:25:03from um drug
00:25:06is
00:25:07sufficiency.
00:25:20to see the environment generally from your own
00:25:23place,
00:25:24the environment is good, the are lovely people,
00:25:27the hospital was recovered from years of deterioration
00:25:31before undergoing renovation, rehabilitation and re-equipment.
00:25:35today the transformation extends across multiple departments, creating
00:25:39an environment design to support improved health care delivery.
00:25:42this is the first state-owned
00:25:46robotic center in Nigeria and Governor
00:25:50has spaared no efforts to bring in some the best
00:25:54state the heart equipment, not just for
00:25:58this robotic center, but for the
00:26:01hospital. in his entireity and the governor has
00:26:05also shown tremendous focus on
00:26:09training and retraining of
00:26:13hospital workers so that they can
00:26:16deliver optimum service
00:26:20for the good people of emo states and as the CMD told
00:26:23me the health insurance that is already in
00:26:27place will ensure that health
00:26:31care. is wholesome, is
00:26:34accessible, is affordable and qualitative in
00:26:38emo
00:26:38state.
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