Lifebridge Medical Diagnostic Centre in Abuja celebrated its 10th year anniversary amid pomp recently.
 
Speaking at the event, the Chairman of the facility, Sen. Ikechukwu Abana, stated that the establishment of the centre was divine as it was not his original intention. He said he decided to build the centre to serve humanity and reduce medical tourism by Nigerians.
 
In his welcome address, the Medical Director of the centre, Dr. Godwin Tawe, disclosed that it is the first privately owned diagnostic centre in the country to have a 1.5T-MRI machine and also the first to receive ISO Certification by the Medical Laboratory Science Council of Nigeria in Abuja.
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He added that the feat indicates that results from the facility meet international standards.
 
He announced that the centre has also set up a COVID-19 PCR laboratory with the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) accreditation, which has also given it a worldwide outlook, adding that its Enugu branch has been doing very well.

In his speech, the chairman of the occasion, former deputy governor of Anambra State, Dr. Nkem Okeke, commended Abana for his numerous acts of philanthropy including award of secondary and university scholarships to many students in his home town, Enugwu Ukwu, Anambra State, in the past 14 years.
 
Prizes of large screen television sets and deep freezer were given to some staff who served the centre with commitment and dedication in the past 10 years.
 
Some guests at the occasion were former governor of Yobe State, Sen. Ibrahim Geidam; Sen. Tony Nwoye, Chief Dennis Anekwe, Obi Anaduaka, an engineer, Chief Austin Oguejiofor, Chief Emma Okafor, Chief Marc Ozigbo and many others.
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