The bills sponsored by the Deputy Speaker of the Federal House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Idris Maje Wase, for the creation of Orthopaedic Hospital in Jos and a Medical Centre in Wase both in Plateau State have passed two readings today, Tuesday at the plenary of the House.

The deputy Speaker who represents Wase Federal Constituency, while presenting the bill for the establishment of an Orthopaedic Hospital in Jos, said the bill seeks to amend the Orthopaedic Hospitals Management Board Act Cap.O10 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004 to provide for the establishment of the Orthopaedic Hospital Jos, Plateau State under the control of the Orthopedic Hospitals Management Board and affiliated to the Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUTH) to provide specialized Orthopaedic treatment and medical services.

Wase added that Nigeria with a population of over 200 million people has only three Orthopaedic hospitals as provided for by the Orthopedic Hospitals Management Board Act; which he argued are grossly inadequate.

The Deputy Speaker pointed out that it is important to have an additional Orthopaedic Hospital to be established and sited in Jos in order to ease the weight on the three extant Orthopaedic Hospitals and to cater for the needs of the North Central zone, which does not have any.

He said, “It is our belief that, when there is an additional Orthopaedic Hospital in Jos, it will connect neighbouring States such as; Nasarawa, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Kaduna, Bauchi, Gombe, Benue and Taraba states thereby enabling more persons to access specialized orthopaedic treatment and medical services.”
Speaking on the bill for the establishment of a medical centre in Wase, Wase lamented that despite the strategic location of the local government in Plateau state with its dense and growing population,  it has no Tertiary Health facility to provide quality health services for its people.