DUFUTH CMD Assures of Quality Healthcare Service Delivery

The Chief Medical Director of David Umahi Federal University Teaching Hospital (DUFUTH), Uburu, Ebonyi State, Prof. Maryrose Uzoma Agwu, has assured the public of quality healthcare service delivery,  insisting that the institution has quality personnel and facilities.

The CMD who stated this while speaking with Journalists in her office in Uburu to commemorate three years anniversary of the institution said  that the hospital has metamorphosed into a premier healthcare institution, deploying state-of-the-art facilities and cutting-edge equipment and other advanced resources.

She said the hospital has performed 412 surgeries, 15,148 outpatient visits, and 264 total deliveries between January 2023 and April 2025.


The CMD highlighted the hospital's specialized services, including neuro-surgery, oncology, endoscopy, and colonoscopy, radiologic investigations, ophthalmology, obstetrics and gynaecology, paediatric surgery, maxillofacial surgery, haematology, community health, restorative dentistry, maternal health, psychiatry, orthopaedic surgery, among others.

She said the institution has also commenced and performed her first inaugural Intrauterine Insemination procedure, on Thursday, September 26, 2024 which signalled the hospital's readiness towards providing cutting-edge Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) services, going forward. 

"Another great leap forward was the addition of plastic surgery and reconstruction to handle cases of wounds and reconstruction of body parts, to its widening clinical services. 

"The hospital has also introduced Upper GI Endoscopy through the Internal Medicine Department which signaled the successful commencement of Endocrinology clinic, with experienced Consultant Endocrinologists on board to attend to a wide range of common endocrine disorders.


"Apart from providing secondary and tertiary care, DUFUTH prides itself in taking a leading role in the training of a high and middle-level workforce for the health industry. 

"Various sets of nursing students at David Umahi Federal University of Health Sciences (DUFUHS) have either commenced or completed practical training in DUFUTH. Same with students in other specialties and departments like Radiology, while our first batch of house officers are currently undergoing their one year mandatory housemanship"

She commended the Federal government, the Ebonyi State Governor, and other critical stakeholders, including the past Governor of Ebonyi State and Minister of Works, for the support of the hospital, saying that all the achievements recorded were due to the funding received from the government.