Kano Research Centre to Commence Full Clinical Services

Ahmad Sorondinki in Kano

Kano State Independent Research Centre Trust (KIRCT) has concluded plans to commence full clinical services in the Centre, as part of its efforts to complement healthcare delivery in the state.

Addressing journalists during its outreach programme, which was held at the Centre in Dawaki-Kudu, the Chief Medical Director (CMD) of the Centre, Dr. Jameel Ismail Ahmed, stated that the Centre would commence the clinical service by next month.

According to him, the surgical centre would kick-start surgical services, adding that irrespective of these initiatives, they would continue to offer periodic free medical interventions to the people of the state, as some patients might be unable to afford their clinical services.

He explained that the outreach programme was part of their social responsibility to the people of the state, expressing delight that the turnout of patients was impressive.

Ahmed observed that the medical team had attended to over 2,000 patients by mid-day, adding that they were expecting about 3,000 patients before the end of the day.

“We did some basic investigations, gave them some medications and treatments” he declared, adding that the patients were diagnosed of common ailments such as cough, malaria, cold as well as non-communicable diseases such as hypertension and diabetes.

According to him, “For those patients with extensive problems that may not be treated here, we are in collaboration with other hospitals that we can easily refer them to, and we intend to facilitate their referral so that they can receive emergency attention.”

He assured the state that the Centre would continue to organise similar free medical interventions, while recalling that they recently held one at Tarauni area in the state capital.

The Centre was established by Pfizer for the Kano State Government in 2013 to conduct biomedical and healthcare research on communicable and non-communicable diseases.