Training Centre For Digestive Disorders Commissioned in LUTH on HWN SPOTLIGHT

Hitherto, Nigerian gastroenterologists and hepatologists have had to seek experts training overseas because of lack of modern facilities to engage in training specialists who wish to engage in skilled surgical procedures which can save lives of millions of Nigerians who suffer digestive disorders.

However, a recent collaborative efforts of the Society for Gastroenterology and Hepatology in Nigeria (SOGHIN) and the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, (LUTH) has put to rest the need for obversease trainings for specialists in the area as it has been endowed with a training unit courtesy World Gastroenterology Organisation (WGO).

Speaking at the commissioning of the N60m equipment grant take-off of the WGO Endoscopy Training Centre at the LUTH, Director of the centre, Dr Olufunmilayo Lesi pointed out that the practice of gastrointestinal endoscopy has indeed revolutionized the field of digestive medicine and has become standard of care in prevention and management of digestive diseases such as peptic ulcer disease and digestive cancers worldwide.

According to Lesi, "The Lagos centre is the 17th in the world and it is in line with the cor objectives of the vision of WGO for the centre to enhance and deepen the skill of digestive endoscopy in Nigeria and the sub region

"This will ensure sustainable manpower development, enhance th equality of digestive healthcare services rendered in Nigeria and diminished the the need for health tourism for endoscopic services".