Enugu State University Teaching Hospital, ESUTH, Parklane has officially kicked off the inaugural edition of the Governor Peter Ndubuisi Mbah football tournament at the Rangers International training facility, liberty estate, Independence layout , yesterday.

The event which brought together medical and tertiary healthcare students of the institutions witnessed so much excitement and intensity, as all the participating teams jostle for the ultimate prize.

Speaking to newsmen shortly after the kick off, the Chief Medical Director, CMD,  of the ESUTH Parklane, Professor Bethrand Ngwu hinted that the aim of the event was to give the students the platform to showcase their potentials as well as interface with their colleagues regardless of their busy and tight medical curriculum.

According to him,  the competition which will run through the 14th of November, will see six teams namely Medicine and Surgery, Medical Science laboratory, Physiotherapy, Radiography, Nursing and Pharmacy paired in Group A and B, adding that two teams will emerge from the group stage  to knockout phase.

On the prize money for potential winners and outstanding performance, the CMD further disclosed that the over winner of the tournament will smile home with a  whooping sum of five hundred thousand, while the runners up and third place gets three thousand and two thousand naira respectively.

Professor Ngwu also reaffirmed that the fourth, fifth and sixth positions will recieve one hundred and fifty thousand, one hundred thousand and fifty thousand naira.

The CMD used the opportunity to express immense appreciation to present administration ably led by Governor Mbah for his massive financial investment to the institution,  describing the newly acquired medical and surgical equipment as among the best obtained globally,