Chief of Army Staff Buratai lays foundation for military hospital in Borno

Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff, (COAS), Lt-Gen. Tukur Buratai, has laid the foundation of the Nigerian Army Referral Hospital (ARH), in Maiduguri in his concerted efforts to overcome health and medical challenges often faced by troops in the frontline.

He explained that after completion of the facility, troops of Operation Lafiya Dole in Northeast engaged in the  fighting of Boko Haram insurgency in Sambisa Forest and Lake Chad region, will heave a sigh of relief as cases hitherto often  referred to Kaduna Military hospital will be a thing of the past.

 Lt.-Gen. Buratai disclosed this Monday in Maiduguri, at a ground-breaking ceremony of the  foundation laying of the referrral hospital.

He said “We’ve made remarkable progress in fighting Boko Haram insurgency. This hospital, after completion, will provide health and medical needs of our troops to end the decade long insurgency in the Northeast.”

According to him, “the completion of the refereral hospital fully manned by trained medical staff and mordern equipment could reduce the lost of time and lives of often referred wounded troops to the Kaduna military hospital.

“The 200-bed capacity world class hospital will also provide quality healthcare delivery services to our troops and residents of Maiduguri metropolis”as the hospital when completed will have a medical and equipment stores, power and gas plants and a parking lot for about 100 vehicles.

 Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State in a brief remarks, said the state government shares the same philosophy with Lt.-Gen. Buratai, in establishing the Army referral hospital and noted that,the completion of the hospital could also boost and  strengthen military/civilian relationship.

“The completion of this hospital will add more value to both troops and communities of Borno state”, he said.