Shettima Commissions Zulum’s 400-Bed Teaching Hospital, Mega Schools in Borno
Vice President Kashim Shettima has commissioned the 400-bed Kashim Ibrahim University Teaching Hospital and other major projects executed by the administration of Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, as part of efforts to strengthen healthcare and education in the state.
The projects were inaugurated on Friday in Maiduguri, with the Vice President describing them as enduring investments capable of improving lives beyond the tenure of the current administration.
The Kashim Ibrahim University Teaching Hospital is a comprehensive medical and training facility with 13 specialist departments covering diagnostic, medical, surgical, emergency, paediatric, internal medicine and physiotherapy services, among others.
The hospital complex also comprises a medical college, students’ hostel, 200-unit staff estate and oxygen plant.
Its diagnostic facilities include a 1.5-tesla MRI scanner, 160-slice CT scanner, three conventional and two mobile X-ray machines, three 4D ultrasound machines, a fluoroscopy system and digital mammography equipment.
The facility is expected to expand access to specialist healthcare for Borno residents and neighbouring communities while reducing the need for patients to travel elsewhere for advanced diagnostic and medical services.
Beyond clinical services, the hospital is designed to address healthcare manpower shortages by providing training opportunities for doctors, nurses and allied health professionals in Borno and the wider North-East.
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Shettima also commissioned the Yerwa Practice Mega Primary School, constructed by the Zulum administration, as well as another mega primary school delivered under the Kashim Shettima Free Education Programme, which provides free education for orphans and vulnerable children.
Commending Zulum’s investments in healthcare and education, the Vice President said the true legacy of public office would ultimately be determined by enduring institutions and improvements in citizens’ lives.
“We shall be judged by what survives our time in office. The offices we held, the aides who surrounded us, and the length of our convoys will have surrendered their importance,” Shettima said.
“What will endure are the institutions we built, the roads we built and the lives we improved through service. That is the meaning of our gathering here in Maiduguri.”
Shettima said the projects demonstrated Zulum’s conviction that Borno’s post-insurgency recovery must translate into practical improvements in healthcare and education.
“The ultra-modern Kashim Ibrahim University Teaching Hospital and the schools that dot our landscape in Maiduguri and across the state give substance to his belief that Borno’s recovery must reach the patient awaiting treatment and the child sitting in the classroom,” he said.
The commissioning represents another phase of the Borno State Government’s investment in rebuilding critical social infrastructure and expanding access to healthcare and education as communities across the state continue their recovery from years of insurgency.
By PRNigeria
