Babcock University, Ilisan-Remo, Ogun State, is about to change the face of medical practice in Nigeria amidst growing concerns of poor medicare in the country.

As it rolls out plans for the inauguration of its Benjamin S. Carson Snr. School of Medicine on June 1, 2012, optimism is high that soon Nigerians would not have to travel outside the shores of this country to receive excellent healthcare.

Senior Vice President/Provost of the College, Prof. Iheanyi Okoro said the inauguration will mark the climax of the institution’s zeal for world class health care in the country and indeed, the continent.

He further stated that this passion accounts for the choice of the naming of the school after renowned American paediatric neurosurgeon, Dr. Benjamin Carson (Snr.), who will be the guest speaker.

“The Ben Carson Medical School is designed to honour him as a role model to the students of the school,” he said, adding, “a doctor without competence is a murderer.”

The event will attract top leaders, captains of industries, international researchers and professionals within and outside the country. Already, the 140-bed Teaching Hospital with Anatomy and Pathology laboratories are ready, including a Radio Diagnostic laboratory with the MRI-CT ahead of the inauguration.

Also, the university is set to hold its 12th Convocation ceremony, June 3, 2012. For the first time in the institution’s history, the School of Post-graduate Studies which began in 2010, will be presenting 60 candidates for the award of the Masters degree, 20 others for the Doctor of Philosophy, including 1476 graduates.