TETFund Director Commends MAUTH Doctors Over Successful Separation of Conjoined Twins
By Lado Salisu M Garba Yola. The Director of Research and Development Centre of Excellence of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Dr. Salihu Bakari Girei, has commended the team of surgeons at the Paediatrics Centre of the Modibbo Adama University Teaching Hospital (MAUTH), Yola, for successfully carrying out a complex surgery to separate conjoined twins. Dr. Girei who represented the Executive Secretary of TETFUND Mr Sunny Echono, gave the commendation on Monday while visiting the centre to inspect ongoing projects funded by TETFund at the hospital in Yola. Speaking shortly after witnessing the surgery, Dr. Girei said the establishment and funding of the Centre of Excellence by TETFund was aimed at ensuring that Nigerians receive quality medical care within the country, without the need to travel abroad for specialised treatment. He explained that the intervention was also designed to restore public confidence in Nigeria’s healthcare system and strengthen the capacity of...