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The Management of the Afe Babalola Multi-System Hospital, has said that it has started a formal collaboration with Marengo Asia Hospitals, a leading medical group based in India, with a view to deepen surgical excellence and expand the scope of specialized procedures available to patients all over Nigeria.
Speaking with newsmen at the weekend in Ado Ekiti, the Chief Medical Director of the Hospital, Dr. Akinola Akinmade, said that since the commencement of this collaboration, the Marengo Asia surgical team-working alongside the Multi-System hospital Nigerian clinicians, have successfully completed nine (9) kidney transplant procedures.
“Late last year, Afe Babalola University Multi-System Hospital (AMSH), under the visionary leadership of our Founder, Aare Afe Babalola, began a formal collaboration with Marengo Asia Hospitals, a leading medical group based in India. This partnership was established to deepen surgical excellence and expand the scope of specialized procedures available to patients right here in Nigeria.
“Since the commencement of this collaboration, the Marengo Asia surgical team-working alongside our dedicated Nigerian clinicians has successfully completed nine (9) kidney transplant procedures here at AMSH. These procedures were carried out with the highest standards of safety and clinical quality, with excellent outcomes in all the cases carried out.
“In addition to transplant services, our Renal Centre is equipped with 17 modern dialysis machines, including dedicated machines for patients with infectious conditions such as hepatitis and similar ailments. The center currently conducts an average of 400 dialysis treatment sessions each month, making it one of the busiest and most comprehensive dialysis programs in the country.”
The CMD added that in recognition of our shared success and the enabling environment provided by ABUAD, the Marengo Asia team has also expressed strong interest in expanding into and their services endourological surgeries erectile dysfunction interventions areas that are often underrepresented but critical to men’s health and quality of life.
“We see this as a vital step toward making AMSH not only a national reference point but a global destination for complex, patient-centered care.
“Beyond these surgical milestones, AMSH continues to uphold its social mandate through the Afe Abiye program, a charitable maternal and child health initiative launched late last year. I am pleased to report that under this program, we have already: Attended to over 500 pregnant women, providing them with completely free antenatal care, and conducted more than 150 deliveries at no cost to the patients or their families.”