No More Medical Tourism In Akwa Ibom – Akpabio

Senate Minority Leader, Godswill Obot Akpabio, on Thursday worked into the Ibom Multi Specialist Hospital for medical check up.

Former governor, who was attended to by the Chief Cardiologist, Dr Venkita Suresh, declared shortly after the checkup, that the era of going outside the country for medical solutions were over.

“The days of flying outside Nigeria to Europe, America, India and other places of the world for medical attention are over; those days are behind us now. Why would anyone think of flying abroad for medical treatment when the best is at his doorstep? I have confidence in this hospital and that is why I have come to do my routine checkup here, and with the quality of medical personnel here, our people and visitors are surely saved.”

According to the lawmaker,”Let others talk about it, not me. I am just here like many others for medical checkup. What I know is that this is the best hospital in Africa”.

On his part, Dr. Suresh said, “Akpabio has been properly attended to as it is the practice with ISH. We are not surprised that he is here for medical care. People now fly in from different parts of the world to Akwa Ibom for medical solutions, so why would he not be here for his checkup?, adding, you have got the best in Africa in the area of Medicine”.

The multi billion naira Ibom Multi Specialist Hospital described as the best in Sub Sahara Africa, with some of the very best in the medical business, was established by the Akpabio-led administration in 2015 and has since commenced full medical operations with over 15 major surgeries successfully completed.