Bayelsa State Governor Seriake Dickson yesterday revealed that the incessant cases of wrong diagnoses in the country was what motivated him to make huge investment in the multi-billion naira ultra-modern diagnostic centre in Yenagoa, the state capital.

The governor, who bemoaned incessant cases of wrong diagnoses of ailments in the country, said wrong and inaccurate information on patients’ ailment remained a major challenge in Nigeria.

Dickson said the problem motivated him to make a huge investment in the health sector to serve as a heath tourism centre for Nigerians and the rest of Africa.
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The governor, who spoke during an inspection of the centre, explained that having been fully completed, the centre has already commenced a dry run of the equipment and called on residents to put the hospital to good use. “What we are addressing now is diagnosis, because what is killing our people is wrong and inaccurate diagnosis. So, we are addressing that.

“We are building hospitals and this place will feed most of them,” he noted. Describing the project as “world class,” the governor, who also inspected the Golf Course, heliport, ongoing Government House and the Oxbow Lake project, said the vision of his administration was to make the state a haven for those who need to satisfy their health needs.

The centre, operated by Trigen-Craton in the heart of Yenagoa, offers radiology services with the latest facilities in the industry, including MRI- Tesla, CT Scan 160 slice, digital x-ray, 40-sonography, mammography among others.

During the inspection, the governor noted that the project was built to last and all Nigerians could access its services of the centre from now.

The governor posited that when the other 350-bed hospital commences operation, it would complement the diagnostics centre and make the state prominent for medical tourism.