Rebecca Ejifoma reports on the recent extensive reforms, upgrade of equipment, and technological innovation at University of Benin Teaching Hospital, with premium placed on special care for the aged
From 2017 to 2021, the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH) has driven extensive reforms, and upgrading of its facilities with world class equipment, technological innovation, ancillary services, and revamped its entire modus operandi.
Among the many transformations as seen during a two-day media tour of its facility is the newly refurbished Geriatric ward, a 20-bed unit that caters to 20 elderly patients with varying chronic illnesses.
Today, the elderly friendly ward – although set up in 2012 – comprises persons aged 60 and above, who have hypertension and its complications, vision impairment, geriatric syndrome, stroke, dementia, and depression among others.