By Elisha Harding
The Vice Chancellor MMTU, Country Director for Codix and Vice Principal MMTU
At the office of the Vice-Chancellor of the Milton Margai Technical University, Goderich Campus on the 26th May 2022 a donation of a standard F200 Fluorescent Immunoassay (FIA) analyzer which could be used to diagnose fifty-three different kinds of conditions in Cardiology, Oncology & Endocrinology (Troponin I, NT-proBNP, D-dimer, CK-MB, PSA, HbA1C, U-Albumin, TSH, T4, fT4, Procalcitonin (PCT), CRP, Covid-19, Influenza Ag, RSV, HCV, and much more was made by Codix.
Country Director of Codix, Segun Aderemi, thanked the Management and Staff of the institution for the good work they are doing, noting that Codix will do anything in its power to continue to give support to the university.
He furthered that, the medical device donated would be of good service to help improve the institution’s health care system also disclosing how they are going to provide free service by learning people how to use the equipment.
VERI-Q and Lipido Care were also part of the items donated.
The Vice-Chancellor and Principal, Dr. Philip John Kanu (Associate Professor) thanked Codix Health Care for their continued support to the university.
He furthered that as a country it is noticeable that much attention is not paid to the sciences which he said are the bedrock for any development in this modern time.
“Milton Margai Technical University started as a small institution but the aim is to expand it as one of the leading Technical institutions in Sierra Leone and Africa.
Having that kind of ambition requires citizens who are willing within and outside of the country to give their support to such a course. My dream is to see Milton Margai Technical University becomes the hub for all other Technical and Vocational institutions in Sierra Leone and beyond. We can’t talk about supporting the middle-level manpower without having a strong and equipped laboratory base,” Dr. Kanu affirmed.
He added that trainees from the institution were performing excellently outside which he said is as a result of the required technical skills they learned from the institution, noting that with such equipment provided by Codix, such will help the health centre with better service delivery to the students and community.
He informed Codix that the institution is working to have accreditation from the Medical and Dental Council for the health care facility to certify their work. He ended by assuring Codix that the equipment donated would be utilized for the right purpose.
Director of Research, Dr Sankoh, whilst giving the vote of thanks, expressed gratitude to Codix for the donation, adding that the laboratory at the institution was the best in the country with modern equipment.
“The device donated is going to be utilized for the benefit of the students, the community people and the country as a whole,” he ended.
A few months ago, Codix also donated other medical devices to the institution as part of its continued support.
