• 19 engineers and technicians to graduate in the 1st Year
• 60 Engineers and Technicians to be Trained by 2017
L-R: Pamela J. Hall, Managing Director, GE Company to Country, Health Care Nigeria, Prof. Olufemi Fasanmade, Representing the Chief Medical Director, LUTH, Thierry Leclerq, CEO, Lifecare Solutions/Health Care Systems at GE and Prof. Carmen Walker, Director Biomedical Training Center at LUTH at the commissioning of the center in Lagos
General Electric (NYSE:GE) has officially commissioned the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) Biomedical Training centre which it refurbished and equipped. The commissioning took place at the Federal School of Biomedical Engineering Technology at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) in Lagos
The commissioning is in fulfillment of a commitment made by the GE Foundation, to work with other stakeholders in developing a new Biomedical Equipment Technician Training (BMET) project in Nigeria to address a major need for locally qualified medical technicians to repair and service biomedical equipment. In the first year of running this programme, about 19 technicians and engineers have been trained.
Statistics show that between 50- 80 per cent of medical equipment is usually out of service in low-income countries according to the World Health Organization (WHO). In Nigeria, 50 per cent of hospital equipment is out of service which puts added strain on local healthcare delivery.
Speaking at the event, the President and CEO, Lifecare Solutions/Health Care Systems at GE, Thierry Leclercq said “This capacity-building program delivers a structured curriculum and develops a pipeline of locally accredited engineers. We are pleased to collaborate with the Nigerian Ministry of Health and Engineering World Health in helping to address these challenges in Nigeria.”
In Nigeria, the BMET training programme is being delivered through eighteen 4-week modules, delivered over three years in classroom, laboratory, field practicum, and exam components. Students …Read More
Source:: PM Newspaper
