President Bola Tinubu has approved the immediate upgrade of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) and 15 others in the country.
The Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, who disclosed this in a statement on Friday in Abuja, said the upgrade of the health infrastructure scattered across the six geopolitical zones in the country was in line with the government’s vision of overhauling the health and social welfare sector for enhanced service delivery to all Nigerians.
Other teaching hospitals listed for upgrade are the Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital in Zaria, University of Benin Teaching Hospital, Edo State, University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Enugu State, Federal Teaching Hospital, Katsina, University of Jos Teaching Hospital in Plateau State.
