FEC Approves Reopening Of UNTH Heart Surgery Unit

Published On: Wed, Apr 3rd, 2013 Breaking News / Current / Local | By Heartland Blaze FEC Approves Reopening Of UNTH Heart Surgery Unit Share This Add to Delicious Share on FriendFeed Digg submit to reddit Tags The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the reintroduction of open heart surgery in the University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN) teaching hospital Enugu. The Minister of Information, Labaran Maku, who disclosed this to state house correspondents after the council meeting, said Nigerians no longer have to go to India and other parts of world in search of surgery. He said the heart surgery in Enugu will cost only N500, 000. The reopening of the heart surgery is following recent initiatives by the Minister of Health, Onyebuchi Chukwu as well support from Nigerians in diaspora. The open heart surgery unit at the UNN was suspended ten years ago, following its movement from an old site within the Enugu metropolis to its permanent site at Ituku-Ozala. Also the Minister of National Planning, Shamsudeen Usman said the parastatal under his ministry has been able to produce statistics that can assist the Central Bank of Nigeria hold monitory policy as well as data on GDP and inflation. On his part, the Minister of Sports, Bolaji Abdullahi said that the year 2012 saw the reorganisation of sports focusing on transparency, accountability, and efficiency as well as guidelines for the elections into the federations.