The Chief Medical Director, Benue State University Teaching Hospital, Makurdi, Dr Stephen Hwande has disclosed that the hospital has procured cytological equipment to comme the screening and treatment of cervical cancer.
Dr Hwande disclosed this on Monday shortly after presenting gifts to the first baby of the year together with the State Governor, Hyacinth Alia.
He pointed out that cervical cancers start from infections to premalignant lesions before becoming severe, adding that cytological equipment was effective in arresting cancer at the premalignant stage.
The BSUTH CMD equally noted that endoscopy, a procedure in which specialized equipment is used to determine whether a patient has ulcer, has fully been restored, while the first set of IVF would be carried out in March.
Speaking on the outbreak of Lassa Fever, Hwande made it clear that five cases, with one confirmed case, were confined at the isolation centre, while the hospital has started tracing those who came in contact with them.
The first baby of the year, Master Fanen Taave, who weighed 3.0 kg, was born at 2 am.
