We Supply Oxygen To Hospitals In Benue, Neighbouring States – CMD

Management of Federal Medical Centre (FMC) Makurdi has installed 80 metric tonnes of oxygen generating plant to save the lives of patients in dire need of oxygen especially in times of outbreak of infectious diseases.

 The outgoing chief medical director of FMC Makurdi, Dr Peter Inunduh who disclosed this while giving account of his stewardship in the last 8 years as the CMD informed that the oxygen plant which is currently serving Benue, Nasarawa, Taraba, Enugu and Ebonyi states is capable of supplying oxygen to patients for 24 hours.

 The CMD alongside director of clinical services of FMC, Dr Enye Agada, attributed the success recorded during the outbreak of COVID-19 to the oxygen plant and the 200kg incinerator installed to curtail the spread of infectious diseases even as he said that 13 out of  over 380 patients  brought to the facility died in the course of treatment since the outbreak of the pandemic.

Inuduh informed that among all the projects executed, his pet project is the 30 beds space Isolation centre for Infectious diseases patients constructed and equipped for access and effective treatment and handling of patients.

According to him, “The Isolation Centre which is my pet project comprise of sitting arena for patients who are awaiting discharge in order not to be bored as well as a morgue where corpses of patients who cannot make it will be deposited without endangering the lives of other patients so that the safe burial team can evacuate the corpse through the back exit for burial.”

He also constructed and equipped a Research Molecular Laboratory which will be used in diagnosing infectious diseases like Lassa fever, COVID-19, Hepatitis among others, adding that the presence of the laboratory will stop the movement of samples and patients to other states for diagnosis.

“In order not to delay patients who are under emergency, I have also constructed the main theater within the hospital with four operation suits, this means different surgeries can be carry out simultaneously in the same theatre by different surgery teams to save lives,” he said.

Inuduh said for effective management of waste to avert disease outbreak, especially from the waste coming from infectious disease patients, the CMD has also installed a 200kg incinerator unit for proper waste disposal for the safety of patients and staff in the facility.

 Other projects executed by the outgoing CMD, include construction of access road, intensive care unit, walk ways, water treatment plant in dialysis unit and endoscopy suits landscaping among others within the facility.