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Chief Medical Director of the University Of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH), Professor Darlington Obaseki, has urged good-spirited Nigerians and corporate organisations to save lives by providing financial support in the way of ‘intervention funds’ for quality healthcare delivery in government hospitals in the country.
Obaseki stated this in Benin City while speaking with journalists on the activities marking the inaugural founder’s day and launching of endowment fund for the hospital.
“UBTH is the only public hospital in the sub-Sahara African to carry out stem cell transplant. Yes, we have setback after the initial successful transplant due to poor funding. Some things like this supposed to have interventional fund but non-availability of interventional fund has crippled the stem cell centre,” he said.
He, therefore, appealed to spirited individuals and organisations to assist the hospital by contributing to the planned endowment fund to raise money for the hospital.
However, the Founders Day celebration featured a medical outreach programme for traders at Uselu Market in Egor Local Council, which is the hospital host community.
The CMD said the visit to the market and members of its host community is to give the market women, traders and other residents free medical screening, healthy lifestyle education, treatment of minor ailments and referral.
