The Borno government has spent over N4.2 billion on the procurement of digital X-ray and scanning equipment to enhance quality healthcare delivery at the grassroots.
The Commissioner for Health, Dr Haruna Mshelia, made the disclosure at a press briefing in Maiduguri on Sunday.
Mshelia, who spoke against the backdrop of the 2017 World AIDS Day, said that the equipment had already been supplied to the state.
He disclosed that the state government also embarked on construction of an ultra modern diagnostic centre at the Specialists Hospital, Maiduguri.
He added that the equipment would be distributed to the centre as well as other health facilities in the state.
Mshelia explained that the centre would be with MMR, City-Scan, Ethno-Cardiographs and Intensive Care Unit (ICU), stressing that the centre would soon begin operation.
“In the last 18 months, His Excellency spent N4.2 billion in procuring latest equipment, radio diagnostic centre, digital X-rays both mobile and static. There will be no hospital without an x-ray machine.
Borno procures N4.2bn medical equipment
