By Sama’ila Adamu

At General Hospital Katsina which is the leading healthcare service provider in the state, the governor appointed Dr. Mohammad Umar as Medical Director to oversee the transformation of the hospital for improved healthcare service delivery to its clients from all parts of the state.

Dr Umar is a Consultant Gynecologist with decades of experience in this very important field. Within just three months, Dr. Umar was able to introduce groundbreaking policies, programs, and projects that have now enhanced healthcare service delivery at General Hospital, Katsina.

These include the establishment of a new ICT Center which has gone along way in automating the hospital’s operations, considering the key role played by technology in entrenching patient-centered healthcare delivery systems globally.

Now, ICT has revolutionized data capturing, processing, and storing of records at the various departments and units of the hospital, as most other operations, from clinical to medical to administrative have also transitioned to ICT-based.