How Galaxy Backbone is utilising technology to upscale health services 

On a daily basis, the varying applications of technology to improve the standard of living continues to unfold. The most popular technology which is the Internet is mostly underutilised but one company in Nigeria has decided to be amongst the few who exhaust all the capabilites of the Internet to improve standard of living.

The Galaxy Backbone (GBB) Ltd of the Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy has deployed internet connectivity for e-health services at Federal Teaching Hospital (FTH), Gombe and Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital (ATBU), Bauchi.

According to the National Library of Medicine, in clinical settings, the Internet enables care providers to gain rapid access to information that can aid in the diagnosis of health conditions or the development of suitable treatment plans. It can make patient records, test results, and practice guidelines accessible from the examination room.

The Chief Sales & Marketing Officer of the Galaxy Backbone Ltd, Aliyu Musa, said at the 101st regular meeting of Chief Medical Directors of Federal Tertiary Hospitals in Nigeria in Yola, Adamawa State, that the Internet connectivity deployment is in line with one of the pillars of the National Digital Economy Policy & Strategy  (NDEPS  2020 – 2030) which is development of digital infrastructure.

The CMD of ATBUTH Bauchi, Prof. Jibrin Yusuf, confirmed that the services of the hospital have been optimised with speed and connectivity as a result of improvement rendered by GBB’s fibre infrastructure.

“The coming of Galaxy Backbone to our hospital has changed the way we see our patients in terms of accessing service, making appointments, and seamless payment in addition to secured data for confidentiality,” Professor Jibrin said.

Galaxy Backbone Limited is an Information and Communications Technology Services provider, wholly owned by the Federal Government of Nigeria. Galaxy Backbone continues to operate, improve and upgrade its common services platform to meet international standards. The agency offers cloud services, telepresence services, Internet connectivity services, data hosting in its Tier IV data center, amongst a host of others. These services which are available to public enterprise, small and medium enterprises, large enterprises can be accessed via https://galaxybackbone.com.ng/