By Amos Aar
THE BENUE State University Teaching Hospital (BSUTH) has been put on the map of teaching hospitals that embraced the In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) innovation.
The Chief Medical Director (CMD) of the hospital, Dr Stephen Hwande, disclosed this while briefing journalists on Wednesday in Makurdi.
The CMD said that due to the expensive processes of IVF, only few public hospitals in Nigeria embraced the innovation.
“You may not find up to five teaching hospitals that are involved in IVF in Nigeria. So, with this, BSUTH is put on the map of teaching hospitals that are involved in IVF”, Hwande said.
He further stated that the hospital had scheduled 25 women with infertility issues for IVF services between April and May, 2024.
“They are the hospital’s first batch of women to access IVF services and we are going to run that at the Muhammadu Buhari an annex of the hospital.
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“Gov. Hyacinth Alia has directed that the services should be subsidized for these women in this first batch.
“They are already in process and it will be completed between April and first week of May. These women will go through assisted reproduction,” Hwande said.
He also appreciated Alia for approving the recruitment of 400 new staff of the hospital, stating that it was in fulfilment of his campaign promises of taking the youth of the state off the streets in order to reduce unemployment.
“Among the new employees are 60 medical doctors, 140 nurses as well as other cadre of staff that will man some critical areas of need at the teaching hospital,” he added.
The CMD further said that among the doctors that were newly employed were Neurosurgeons, Plastic surgeons and Pediatric surgeons.
