sapiosexual1:

Thank-you sir. One has to consider whatever comes from the government as a lie until proven otherwise. That's the sorry state of my country

Abagworo:
This is the fight Rochas Okorocha is having in Imo. Imo Government spent billions in building of standard General hospitals and wants to concession them for sustainability but it is being opposed. If the opposition succeeds then in a few years the hospitals will be run aground as a result of what we all call Nigerian factor.

anonimi:


Probably REPAINTED scrap from oyinbo land to yoyo the eyes of our mumu people like the scrap metal Toronto trains that were bought with $1 billion World Bank loan that are yet to be seen in Lagos

phranseeqz:


Sincerely, the lies that emanate from all these officials are appalling and sometimes scary. How will you say people employed to handle facilities left them because they can't handle them. Haba! What's wrong with training them . The simplest logical reasoning is that they are ineffective or 'dead on arrival' scraps.

phranseeqz:


Is it due to lack of maintenance? It was outrightly stated that most facilities weren't working (dead) on arrival. So how do u maintain what's dead? That will be another waste of resources

Firefire:


I am very sure, one day APC lies and propaganda will come to an END.

Bi iro ba lo ni ogun odun, ojokan aje ojokan ti Ooto ma ba.

Cc: Ajebuter.


Truthful lips will be established forever, But a lying tongue is only for a moment. -Prov. 12:19

LagosEconomist:
Guys,

Please stop getting excited over a false report. I repeat this report is false.

The Cardiac & Renal Centre is probably the best medical facility in Nigeria today.

It started up in phases, with the renal & dialysis unit starting first. Today, they are the largest functioning dialysis facility in the country.

The ICU (Intensive Care Unit) is the best & only one of the few functioning ICUs in Nigeria today.

The Cath lab (for open heart surgery) is the last phase of the project. It is the only standard cath lab in West Africa (There is a mobile one in Ghana). It has not packed up, it has never been used. Due to the complexity of the equipment and specialist knowledge of the clinical personnel required, it was meant to be the last phase to pick up.

I know this because I provided financial advisory services to the Centre. I have dealt with Mr. Osewa, & he knows I am not a phantom.

As a matter of fact, Seun can nominate two people, & I can take them to the Centre at any time to verify that this report is trash.

sapiosexual1:
This is a typical Nigerian problem, maintenance. Instituting and running such a sophisticated center requires alot of political will and commitment. I remember when Fashola commissioned the centre, I told my colleagues that it was a political stunt and an accolade grabbing act, used to drain Lagos money into his pocket.
I would however pick holes in the article, some statements there are far from the truth. Telling us that the Profs and Consultants abandoned the equipments cos they couldn't operate them is laughable at best and negates what the last correspondent said.

LagosEconomist:
Guys,

Please stop getting excited over a false report. I repeat this report is false.

The Cardiac & Renal Centre is probably the best medical facility in Nigeria today.

It started up in phases, with the renal & dialysis unit starting first. Today, they are the largest functioning dialysis facility in the country.

The ICU (Intensive Care Unit) is the best & only one of the few functioning ICUs in Nigeria today.

The Cath lab (for open heart surgery) is the last phase of the project. It is the only standard cath lab in West Africa (There is a mobile one in Ghana). It has not packed up, it has never been used. Due to the complexity of the equipment and specialist knowledge of the clinical personnel required, it was meant to be the last phase to pick up.

I know this because I provided financial advisory services to the Centre. I have dealt with Mr. Osewa, & he knows I am not a phantom.

As a matter of fact, Seun can nominate two people, & I can take them to the Centre at any time to verify that this report is trash.

sonnie10:
I do not know the details of this particular center but as a professional in this field, I can make certain educated guess at what is going on there.
Most importantly is the issue of technology; software copyright and export of technology. They did not think it through before going into the contract with the initial consultant. Like most things in Nigeria, they decided to cut corners; have expatriates install the equipment and then use home people to maintain and manage it. That was the recipe for disaster.

Unfortunately, it does not work that way. All modern biomedical equipment are computerized and require codes and periodic software upgrade. The right to repair is the sole property of the enterprise/vendor, they have remote access to all their equipment, and consider those codes as trade secret. Kind of intellectual property right. Facilities have to pay more in the long run to these vendors to keep equipment up and running and up to date. Believe it or not, whatever need to be fixed on that cathlab equipment can be remotely done from an offshore site. So, do not except the company to give out the troubleshooting code to Nigeria engineers.

Another area which might hindered the functionally of those equipment is stringent laws regarding transfer of technology at the consultants' home country. Certain technology are not allowed to be transferred/exported or they company might face serious regulatory sanctions. For those hoping that the company will give out the repair codes, it is impossible, never.

Lastly, the field of radiology is just being to again attention in Nigeria. Cath/catherization is an advance area in radiologic science, it is called Interventional Radiology. No Nigerian University is offering a course in that yet, and this is not an undergraduate level course. All the people working in that area are trained abroad, only a few come home after training. Others prefer to remain and work abroad where they were trained and usually offered employment. The few that come home are highly sort after by bigger and more functional hospitals. So, the result is lack of qualified personals to operate this highly sophisticated equipment.

As an illustration, follow on with these facts;
1)There are less than 3000 radiographer currently in Nigeria and they are almost all well employed
2) From the 3000, we are to get the ones who are willing to go for a post graduate studies
3) From 2 above, are those who will go abroad for this training
4) From 3 above, you get those who are willing to return home after training
5) From 4 above you get those who are willing to work in a non functional hospital.

LagosEconomist:
Guys,

Please stop getting excited over a false report. I repeat this report is false.

The Cardiac & Renal Centre is probably the best medical facility in Nigeria today.

It started up in phases, with the renal & dialysis unit starting first. Today, they are the largest functioning dialysis facility in the country.

The ICU (Intensive Care Unit) is the best & only one of the few functioning ICUs in Nigeria today.

The Cath lab (for open heart surgery) is the last phase of the project. It is the only standard cath lab in West Africa (There is a mobile one in Ghana). It has not packed up, it has never been used. Due to the complexity of the equipment and specialist knowledge of the clinical personnel required, it was meant to be the last phase to pick up.

I know this because I provided financial advisory services to the Centre. I have dealt with Mr. Osewa, & he knows I am not a phantom.

As a matter of fact, Seun can nominate two people, & I can take them to the Centre at any time to verify that this report is trash.

anonimi:
Where is aressa and other praise singers on the thread about the "commissioning"
Where are the propragandists and scammers?

Lagos is not your state of Origin so why your headache? And yes you are a Nigetian but worry about Maiduguri for a change

marv1:
Do u have comprehension problems? Read it well. They those equipments are not working and not that workers cant operate on them.

..It was also learnt that most consultants, professionals and doctors employed by the centre had left since they could not operate the facilities.
Chief Executive Officer of the Centre, Prof. Babatunde Green, also confirmed the situation to the committee..

sapiosexual1:






Sorry broh, what's your IQ, 35? Remind me ur secondary school's name.

sapiosexual1:






Sorry broh, what's your IQ, 35? Remind me ur secondary school's name.

Abagworo:
This is the fight Rochas Okorocha is having in Imo. Imo Government spent billions in building of standard General hospitals and wants to concession them for sustainability but it is being opposed. If the opposition succeeds then in a few years the hospitals will be run aground as a result of what we all call Nigerian factor.

sonnie10:


but operating the facility is different from operating the equipment

LagosEconomist:
One final word.

At the moment, due to the success of the dialysis unit, the capacity may soon be increased. It is already the largest functional dialysis facility in the country.

The management of the facility is not connected to Duex, Tinubu, Fashola or the Government, and it is probably the only government owned medical facility in Nigeria that generates revenue for the government at any level (local, state or federal).

If they want to get this sham of a journalist, they easily can, as most of the report is a flat out lie. I expect him to either be retracting the story with an apology, or getting fired like the other crook that manufactured an article about an interview with Itse Sagay.

InvertedHammer:

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There is no complexity involved. It is either you have trained hands or you don't. Even the so-called trained hands
cannot be trusted in my opinion because there are no checks and balances. Physicians in developed worlds are faced with
malpractice lawsuits that keep them in check against going off-grid. But without such oversight in Nigeria, going to these places
is like playing Russian roulette with one's life. You must understand that Nigerians have poor attitude to serious issues especially
the ones that will not provide immediate financial gratification with minimal effort.

Any interventional radiologist(s) that would pack up to work in Nigeria will be a suspect in my book. What are the motives?
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