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India hospital offers to train doctors on cancer treatment
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By Francesca Hnageior
An India Specialist Hospital, Apollo Hospitals, has offered to train local doctors on the treatment of cancer.
The hospital said it was prepared to establish local medical infrastructure in Nigeria. Vice President-International, Apollo Hospitals, Dr. Karthik Anantharaman, who announced this in Abuja said his hospital wants to partner with local hospitals in Nigeria to help the country curb medical tourism.
India has become a medical destination for Nigerians seeking treatment for cancer and other serious ailments.
The hospital alone attends to between 1000 to 2000 patients from Nigeria yearly, Anantharam said.
According to him: ” We want to be partners in setting up local medical infrastructure in Africa, in Nigeria. So Apollo Hospital is now actually coming to Nigeria with a more strategic intent to train the local doctors.
“Likewise, we are now going to be partnering with many hospitals on training programme because we truly believe that if we can train the Nigerian doctors and the Nigerian doctors have the right skill sets to be able to treat patients locally, a lot more patients can benefit because not everyone will have the money to travel to India or travel to some other country to get the treatment.
“So if the local doctors have better training, better skills, then a lot of patients can be treated within the country.
“So that is our main focus now, to do the skill building, second main focus that we are doing is to have a partnership with local hospitals.
“We want to have stronger partnerships with local hospitals where we can actually have Apolo staff to be here to not just train the local doctors but also to offer full time medical care under partnerships and their operations and management contract.”
He also announced the plan of the hospital to invest in Oncology clinics in the country.
” So one of the more recent, you know, investments we are making is in the area of setting up daycare oncology clinics with very minimum investment.”
Highlighting the importance of partnering and training local doctors, Anantharam said: “So across the group, we see at least 100 -250 Nigerian patients that come to Apollo hospitals on a monthly basis, which means in a year at Apollo Hospital, we are treating at least about 1000 to 2200 Nigerian patients in a year across Apollo hospitals.
” These patients come to us for treatment in radiation, oncology, surgery operations, for surgical operations.
“They also come for advanced medical treatments as well across the group for various other treatments like kidney transplant, liver transplant, orthopedic surgeries, knee replacement and hip replacement, surgeries for cardiac surgeries like heart disease.”
He added: “So it is our strong endeavor in Apollo hospital that we are not here to just treat patients from Nigeria to come to Apollo.
“We want to be partners in setting up local medical infrastructure in Africa, in Nigeria.
” So Apollo Hospital is now actually coming to Nigeria with a more strategic intent to train the local doctors.”
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Finally, IGP approves hunger protests across Nigeria
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The Nigerian police has finally approved the planned nationwide protests and outlined conditions for participants.
The Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, revealed this on Friday while addressing journalists in Abuja.
He urged all groups planning to participate in the proposed nationwide protest to submit their details to the Commissioners of Police in their respective states.
The police boss said this was to ensure the protest was peaceful.
Egbetokun said, “We acknowledge the constitutional right of Nigerian citizens to peaceful assembly and protest.
“However, in the interest of public safety and order, we urge all groups planning to protest to provide necessary details to the Commissioner of Police in the state where the protest is intended to take place.
“To facilitate a successful and incident-free protest, they should please provide the following information: state the proposed protest routes and assembly points; expected duration of the protest; and names and contact details of protest leaders and organisers.”
The police boss said the information expected from the organisers also include measures to prevent hijacking by criminal elements, as well as key identifiers for possible isolation of potential troublemakers.
By providing the information, he said, the police will be able to deploy adequate personnel and resources to ensure public safety.
He said the police needed to know the specific routes and areas for the protest to avoid conflicts with other events or activities.
Mr Egbetokun said the police will “establish clear communication channels with protest leaders to address any concerns or issues that may arise; minimise the risk of violence, property damage, or other criminal activity.
“We encourage all protesters to cooperate with the police, obey the law, and adhere to global best practices for peaceful assembly to guarantee a safe and successful exercise of their rights.
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Reps North-West Caucus Beg Youths, Citizens In The Region Not To Join Planned Protest
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