The Dangote Foundation has announced the completion of renovation of sections of the Kano Specialist Hospital and handed it over to the management of the hospital.

To complement the N7 billion Surgical and Diagnostic Centre (SDC) currently under construction with the sponsorship of Dangote Foundation, the organisation  has concluded the renovations of some sections of the specialist hospital in Kano which gulped over N200 million.

According to a statement from the foundation, the 900-bed capacity hospital, reputed for highest number of in-patients in sub-Saharan Africa, has been lacking facilities and might tarnish the new SDC being built by the foundation, hence the decision to carry out the construction and renovation of the auxiliary facilities.

“The Foundation is currently building a N7 billion Surgical and Diagnostic Centre at the hospital and the Foundation whose Chairman is from the State, said it was committed to its timely completion.

“We handed over to the hospital management a renovated maternity ward, two ultra-modern maternity laboratories, upgraded water supply system Eclampsia ward, theatre and improved sanitary environment befitting of a specialist hospital.”

President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, who was represented by his daughter, Hajiya Fatima Dangote, explained that the provision of the health care facilities was in line with the focus of the Foundation to contribute to improved health care service delivery in Nigeria as well as nutrition on the African continent.

He stated that his Foundation has mandate to intervene in the critical areas such as health, education and human development which was why the Foundation has also embarked on some poverty alleviation programmes targeted at women at the grassroots.