By Our Correspondent
A medical foundation, the Loveworld Medical Centre (LMC) says it is ready to save Nigerians the cost of medical tourism by providing advanced medical care in nuclear medicine.
The Chief Operating Officer of the centre, Dr Anthony Oseghale, said this during the International Loveworld Medical Symposium on Radionuclide Therapy and Oncology, on Saturday in Lagos.
TheNewsZenith reports that the theme of the symposium is “Evolving Role of Nuclear Medicine and Personalised & Precision Medicine”.
Nuclear medicine is a medical speciality involving the application of radioactive substances in the diagnosis and treatment of disease.
Oseghale said that with its cutting-edge medical technology, the centre would provide the best, most advanced, trusted and wholesome care to Nigerians who frequently sought foreign Medicare.
“Consider the cost of a flight ticket out of the country now.
“Whatever you are looking for outside this country, you can get it here. So maybe your flight ticket could handle all your costs.
“If you go outside the country, you pay for your flight and even pay for accommodation.
“You will still pay for the treatment itself; which of course will be multiple of your flight ticket and the accommodation.
“In the last six months, we haven’t been doing any publicity. We ensure our processes are excellent.
“The patients we have treated are spreading information about our facilities.
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“Today, we are excited to introduce nuclear medicine, opening new opportunities for advanced medical care.
“The installation and commissioning of our Gamma Camera marks a significant milestone and we eagerly anticipate the benefits this technology will bring to our patients,” Oseghale said.
The COO said that with the centre’s nuclear medicine service, there would be a transformative change in the healthcare sector in Nigeria and globally.
According to him, LMC’s mission is to lead the healthcare industry with holistic, accessible and best-in-class services.
These, he said, would be by delivering exceptional compassionate care through innovation and technology.
Also speaking, the Clinical Director of LMC, Dr Emeka Eze, described nuclear medicine technology as innovative, cost-effective and free of side effects.
“It targets only damaged cells. If we are treating people with chemotherapy, you can imagine the side effects. Chemotherapy will attack all fast-growing cells at the same time.
“But this nuclear technology treatment only goes for cells that are inflamed or that are mitotic.
“It just goes to the local area where the problem is and deals with it. This type of treatment is cheaper with fewer side effects, minimal hospital stay and long resolution,” Eze said.
He said that nuclear medicine helped in the treatment of thyroid disease, cancers and arthritis, among others.
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