By Muhammad Ibrahim, Sokoto
In few months the new 1,500-bed capacity Sokoto State University Teaching Hospital (SOSUTH) is expected, upon take off, to avail the global medical industry with wide ranging and complex medical services.
Among these, enumerates the state Governor, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, would be those on organ transplants, open heart surgery, laser surgery and urology.
The release by the governor’s media aide, Bello Muhammad further said in order to achieve this objective and more, the state has entered into a partnership with two firms: Samir Hani Group and Teoment Nigeria Limited.
Conducting executives of the companies around the premises of the multi-billion edifice in the state capital, Gov. Tambuwal explained that the areas of collaboration between the state government and the companies include those of supply and installation of medical equipment such as: MRI,CT scan, heart/lung and laser machines in the hospital.
The compact on equipment, added the Governor also encompass the provision of other high-end state of the art medical gadgets to the hospital, just as the training of staff of the university is also envisaged by the government.
The hospital is billed for commissioning in December, 2022.
