Doctor Says Over 100 Patients Visit LUTH

Chief Medical Director of Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Prof . Chris Bode , says no fewer than 100 patients are being treated daily at the hospital’ s cancer treatment centre.
Bode made this known to newsmen on the sidelines of the 2019 LUTH Week organised by the hospital in Lagos.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the theme of the week was: “ Team work, Integrating Passion , Purpose and People”.
President Muhammadu Buhari had , on February 9 , 2019 inaugurated the NSIA -LUTH Advanced Cancer Treatment Centre located in LUTH.
NAN reports that the Cancer Treatment Centre was structured under a public -private partnership ( PPP) arrangement between the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority ( NSIA ) and LUTH.
The project is an 11 million dollars investment for the rehabilitation , equipping and operation of an existing cancer centre co -located in LUTH , which will provide advanced radiotherapy and chemotherapy treatment services.
Bode said: “ We have not fully opened the centre, and by the time we finished , we will be treating more than 300 patients everyday.
“ We are hoping to be treating over 300 patients everyday; that is good reason to tell the world that LUTH has changed .
“ It is a good achievement of proportion. LUTH no longer experienced frequent strikes by its medical personnel.”
The chief medical director said that the institution was able to achieve much in effective healthcare delivery due to the spirit of team work among members of staff.
Bode said that no single component of the medical team could achieve much, no matter how good it was.
“ If you are a surgeon and you have done a good surgery , the cleaner can ruin your work, if you don’t include her in your team .
“ Today in LUTH, we are celebrating the team work we have built over the years, taking care of the teeming population ,” he said.
Bode said that it was a thing of joy to behold happiness in the faces of workers in the hospital and to celebrate each other.