The Lagos State University Teaching Hospital is now better equipped to admit more patients in a bid to reduce medical tourism.
This is according to a statement by the Chief Medical Director, LASUTH, Prof. Adetokunbo Fabamwo.
Fabamwo disclosed this at the second quarter media briefing organised by the hospital to brief the citizens on its medical infrastructure projects and unique healthcare services available to the public.
The CMD affirmed that the hospital had witnessed an impressive medical infrastructural transformation in recent times.
He revealed that LASUTH had recently completed several modern medical infrastructural projects, including a new multipurpose medical building inaugurated by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu.
“The new multipurpose medical building, which comprises four medical schools in the areas of anaesthesia technology, echocardiograph, orthopaedic cast technology and postgraduate nursing, also houses the Family Medicine Department, Dietetics Department, Managed Care Unit, Immunisation Clinic, Private Wards, Super Executive Private Wards, 20-bed Intensive Care Unit, a spa and a gym, amongst others,” the CMD said.
Other projects are the Special Services Centre which accommodates a Dialysis Unit, a Bronchoscopy Suite, a Cardiac Catheterisation Laboratory and an Endoscopy Suite, among others.
“This is in addition to the existing six dialysis machines in the Critical Care Unit (CCU) of LASUTH
“Likewise, our cardiac catheterisation laboratory has so far had 120 different procedures done,’’ Fabamwo added.
