On Tuesday, the Federal Medical Centre in Lokoja showcased the state’s first endoscopic machine.
According to the hospital’s Medical Director, Dr Olatunde Alabi, the endoscopic machine will put an end to medical tourism in Kogi State.
He claims the machine will aid in the examination of patients with bleeding peptic ulcers, stomach cancer, throat cancer, duodenal cancer, and anus bleeding.
When a patient is diagnosed with the machine, according to Alabi, medical workers will be able to put in place the necessary surgical treatment.
He said “Endoscopic means a machine that can be used to examine an internal organ. It is the first of its kind in Kogi State. It is a state of the heart equipment. We have one here for the gastrointestinal system that can examine both the upper organs and many more.”
“That is, starting from the oesophagus, to the stomach and part of the duodenum and the lower one, the rectum and the colon.”
Alabi said the Federal Government had continued to provide medical equipment for FMC Lokoja, saying the present management of the hospital was making effort to furnish the Intensive Care Unit, provide ventilators and monitors for the hospital.
The Head of Clinical Services of the hospital, Dr Bernard Ododo, lauded the present hospital management for their transformation effort.
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