President Muhammadu Buhari will any moment from now commission the upgraded 44 Nigerian Army reference hospital, Kaduna 10 years after work commenced on the project.
The hospital was built in 1944 by the British colonial administration to cater for the health needs of members of the British armed forces in colonial era and during the second world war.
The hospital was scheduled for upgrading in 2009 to upgrade its facilities and improve its services to the current needs of the military personnel, their families and civilian residents.
The hospital now regarded as one of the best in Africa has facilities such as 16 CT scanners, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), fluoroscopy, digital x-ray, mobile equipment for index, radiology facility, structural works for the radiology equipment as well as six 800kva generators to provide constant electricity for the equipment.
The hospital now boast of 120 bed complex, six operating theaters, VIP wings, 8 in patient wards, 3 intensive care wards, dialysis unit, dental facility, laboratory and therapeutic center.
