FG to extend Garki Hospital concession agreement

The Federal Government has expressed willingness to further partner with NISA Premier Hospital on the management of Garki General Hospital, valued at about N361.1 billion, for continued sustainable and efficient healthcare delivery.

The acting DirectorGeneral, Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC) Mr Chidi Izuwah made this known yesterday in Abuja during a Monitoring and Supervision visit by the ICRC Management team to Garki Hospital.

He recalled that Garki General Hospital was concession for 15 years to Nisa Premier Hospital in 2007, following the approval by the Federal Executive Council. He said before then, the hospital had been closed for six years and lacked basic healthcare infrastructure.

He commended the management of Nisa Premier for transforming the general hospital into a world class hospital in under 10 years.

The Founder, Nisa Premier, Dr Ibrahim Wada urged government to extend the concession agreement for the management of Garki General Hospital to sustain and improve present achievements in efficient healthcare delivery.

He said since the concession of the hospital, a fully equipped neurosurgery department, sickle cell clinic, in-vitro fertilisation clinic has been introduced.

So far, 25 kidney transplant surgeries and 43 open heart surgeries have been successfully conducted while the IVF clinic has recorded hundreds of births. (NAN)