A Professor of Chemical Pathology, Department of Medical Laboratory Science ,Rivers State University Prof Ebirien Bartimaeus, has said the medical tourism been embarked by prominent citizens of the country to other advanced nations can be brought to an end if the healthcare system is improved and medical research is encouraged .
Bartimaeus stated this while delivering his inaugural lecture titled “The More We Look The More We See and that is how it is, “at the 78th inaugural lecture series of the Rivers State University (RSU held at the new Senate Complex  in Port Harcourt, last Wednesday
He averred that to end the medical tourism ,all the health providers must work in synergy and function independently in order to meet up with the challenges of emerging and re-emerging infections and epidemics ,adding that with a robust medical laboratory services fully equipped and supported
with modern medical laboratory equipment and adequately trained professionals will salvage the nation ‘s health challenges .
He described Medical Laboratory Scientists as the life wire of the medical profession ,saying  that there is need for greater collaboration between all the players in the health profession.
The  erudite scholar while the explaining the intrigue of the lecture opined that medical Laboratory scientists are the unseen detectives and oracles of modern diagnostic medicine and def defined medical laboratory science as the practice involving the analysis of human or animal tissues ,body fluids ,execretions ,production of biological design and fabrication of equipment for the purposes of laboratory diagnosis ,treatment and research .
“The popular parlance in life is the more you look ,the less you see “vice chancellor ,sir ,in this lecture i will unravel the mystery of why my profession the paradigm shift is “the more we look ,the more we see “I will also inform us about what i have looked and see in the field of clinical pathology as part of my humble contributions in trying to provide solutions and insights into some of the myriads of medical problems affecting Nigeria and make it possible for us to understand why in modern diagnostic medicine it has to be like that “he stated
Prof Bartimaeus among other things recommended the re _opening the Diagnostic centre especially now that the university is interested in sourcing for ways to improve its internally generated revenue .
In his speech at the the Vice Chancellor ,prof Nlerum Sunday Okogbule represented by the Deputy vice chancellor ,Administration ,prof N .S Okoroma said the institution has kept faith with the monthly holding  inaugural lectures ,adding that it is an occasion a professor  used to  show case his academic expertise and make contribution for the betterment of the society .
He commended the guest lecturer for his erudite presentations  and described him as a  thorough breed scholar who has distinguished himself ,adding that the lecture topic was a new concept from the known margin as it was showded with  suspense.

By: Akujobi Amadi