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General Electric has officially commissioned the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) Biomedical Training centre, which it refurbished and equipped. The commissioning took place at the Federal School of Biomedical Engineering Technology at the LUTH. The commissioning was in fulfillment of a commitment made by the GE Foundation, to work with other stakeholders in developing a new Biomedical Equipment Technician Training (BMET) project in Nigeria.

It would also address a major need for locally qualified medical technicians to repair and service biomedical equipment. According to a statement,  in the first year of running this programme, about 19 technicians and engineers have been trained.  Statistics also showed that between 50- 80% of medical equipment is usually out of service in low-income countries according to the World Health Organisation (WHO).