l-r: Consultant
Paediatrician in Charge of Special Care Baby Unit Aminu Kano Teaching
Hospital (AKTH), Dr. Zubaide Farouk, Director Administration, Alhaji
Mohammed Suleiman AKTH; Chief Medical Director, AKTH, Professor Aminu
Zakari Mohammed; MD/CEO, UBA Foundation, Ijeoma Aso; and Directorate
Head, Far North Bank, UBA Plc, Abubakar Bello, during the presentation
of Incubators to the Hospital by UBA Foundation, in Kano on Tuesday.
The
UBA Foundation recently donated incubators to the University of Nigeria
Teaching Hospital (UNTH), Enugu and Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital
(AKTH), Kano, as part of the campaign by the Foundation to give as many
premature babies as possible a chance of living through the donation of
modern Incubators to teaching hospitals across the country.
l-r: Directorate
Head, Far North Bank, UBA Plc, Abubakar Bello; Chief Medical Director,
Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (AKTH) Professor Aminu Zakari Mohammed; and
MD/CEO, UBA Foundation, Ijeoma Aso, during the presentation of
Incubators to the Hospital by UBA Foundation, in Kano on Tuesday.
Managing
Director/CEO of the Foundation, Ijeoma Aso said that UBA places high
priority to the health sector and that the donation to the hospitals was
in fulfillment of the foundation’s key objective of improving the lives
and well being of the communities where UBA has presence.
The
donation of the Incubators, she said, “is an ongoing project of the
foundation with more teaching hospitals across the country lined up to
benefit from the gesture.”
Speaking at separate
presentation ceremonies held in Enugu and Kano, chief medical directors
(CMDs) of both institutions respectively described UBA Foundation’s
donation as a laudable and innovative gesture.
l-r:
MD/CEO, UBA Foundation, Ijeoma Aso; and the Consultant Paediatrician in
Charge of Special Care Baby Unit AKTH, Dr. Zubaide Farouk explaining
the operations of the Special Care Baby Unit during the presentation of
Incubators to the Hospital by UBA Foundation, in Kano on Tuesday.
’Some
of our old Incubators in the hospital were purchased as far back as
1972, which is 41 years ago, even some of our consultants here were not
born then. So you can see why we are very grateful to UBA for this
wonderful gesture” said Obinna Onodugo, the acting Medical Director of
UNTH, Enugu, while receiving the Incubators.
He
commended UBA for the kind gesture, noting that this would go a long way
in increasing the survival chances of babies born with health
challenges requiring the use of Incubators.
His
counterpart at AKTH, Professor Aminu Zakari Mohammed, described the
donation as timely and would go a long way in reducing infant mortality
in the country. “We assure UBA that this gesture will be well utilized
as we have a culture of maintaining our equipment” he said.
l-r:
Directorate Head, Far North Bank UBA Plc, Abubakar Bello; Chief Medical
Director, Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (AKTH) Professor Aminu Zakari
Mohammed; MD/CEO, UBA Foundation, Ijeoma Aso; and Chairman, Medical
Advisory Committee AKTH, Dr. Mohammed Sani Mijinyawa, during the
presentation of Incubators to the Hospital by UBA Foundation, in Kano on
Tuesday.
The Chairman, Medical Advisory
Committee AKTH, Dr. Mohammed Sani Mijinyawa in his brief remarks said
that the donation of incubators to the teaching hospital is the first of
its kind by any corporate body or financial institution while the
Director Administration, Alhaji Mohammed Suleiman said that this gesture
will outlive the bank as whoever helps save a life, has helped save
humanity.
The head of department of Pediatrics,
UNTH, Ifeoma Emodi, a Professor, expressed appreciation to the bank
emphasizing that the donation would help in fostering a mutually
beneficial relationship between the hospital and the bank.
Casmir
Molokwu, Regional Bank Head, Enugu, UBA Plc, who led the delegation to
the UNTH Enugu, emphasized UBA’s commitment to doing business in a
sustainable way by supporting the communities where it operates.
L-r: Directorate
Head, Far North Bank, UBA Plc, Abubakar Bello; Chief Medical Director,
Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (AKTH) Professor Aminu Zakari
Mohammed; Consultant Paediatrician in Charge of Special Care Baby Unit
AKTH, Dr. Zubaide Farouk; and MD/CEO, UBA Foundation, Ijeoma Aso, during
the presentation of Incubators to the Hospital by UBA Foundation, in
Kano on Tuesday.
Similarly, Directorate
Head, Far North Bank, Abubakar Bello, who said that he has been a
beneficiary of the AKTH’s expertise in managing the health of his twin
babies at infancy through the Special Care Baby Unit of the hospital,
noted that UBA understands clearly what it means to partner and support
health institutions across the country including AKTH. He said the bank
will continue to partner and support AKTH in any way possible.
The
highlight of the visit was when the UBA delegation was taken round the
‘new born units’ to see some of newborn premature babies whose lives
depend on the incubators. With the new incubators donated by UBA
foundation, many more of the babies born “premature” now have a higher
chance of survival.
UBA Foundation is the
corporate Social Responsibility arm of UBA meeting special needs of
various communities where it operates across Africa by giving back to
society in the area of Education, Health, Environment and Economic
Empowerment.
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