UNILAG Graduate Who Practiced Medicine In The UK Builds Cancer Center & Specialist Hospital

  • A Nigerian woman based in the United Kingdom has made the country proud after coming back home to build a healthcare facility
  • The woman identified as Dr Modupe Elebute-Odunsi practised medicine in the United Kingdom for over 30 years
  • Upon returning home, Dr Elebute-Odunsi built Nigeria’s first comprehensive cancer centre and specialist hospital

A Nigerian woman identified as Dr Modupe Elebute-Odunsi has launched the country’s first comprehensive cancer centre and specialist hospital.

The disclosure was made on Twitter by @SplufikNG which shared photos of the healthcare facility called Marcelle Ruth Cancer Centre and Specialist Hospital.

Modupe Elebute-Odunsi came back to Nigeria from the UK to build a cancer centre and specialist hospital.

Elebute-Odunsi who spent over 30 years practising medicine in the United Kingdom is a graduate of the University of Lagos.

According to @SplufikNG, the facility has some of the best equipment in the world. Business Day reports that the hospital is wholly owned by Dr Elebute-Odunsi and her husband, Bolaji Odunsi, a financier. The hospital was built with the aim of addressing the detection and treatment of cancer and a number of other specialist conditions in an environment similar to top private hospitals in Europe or North America.

Source:Twitter

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