The University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital (UMTH) is set to reopen for basic services on Monday, two weeks after it was shut down due to devastating flooding that ravaged the northeastern Borno State.

The facility sustained significant water damage and was forced to halt its operations, the hospital’s Chief Medical Director, Ahmad Ahidjo, told PREMIUM TIMES. However, basic skeletal service will resume on Monday.

“We have cleaned up the water at the hospital and basic services will resume,” Mr Ahidjo, a professor, said. “We have fumigated the facility and we are now assessing the extent of damage to medical equipment.”

The status of some hospital equipment has yet to be ascertained. The hospital head reiterated that the hospital needs urgent support to resume operating at optimal capacity.

On Monday, Mr Ahidjo said the facility will open its Accident and Emergency Unit, the Trauma Centre and all the emergency areas. The Clinics will resume services too.

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