… starting with 200 to be delivered in 100 days
Abia State Government has announced plans to flag off the rehabilitation of 200 Primary Healthcare Centres (PHC) in the 17 Local Government Areas of the State.
The ,200 Healthcare Centres will be delivered in100 days according to Governor Alex Otti.
Governor Otti stated this, Sunday, when he received in audience a delegation of the Revive Medical Team from Belgium, on a medical mission in the State..
He also announced that reconstruction of another set of 200 Healthcare Centres, would commence as soon as the first 200 is realised until all the 948 Primary Healthcare Centres in Abia State are rehabilitated and retrofitted.
This is as he reiterated that health care is on the top of the agenda of his administration.
He thanked the medical team for keeping to its promise of coming again to the State for a free medical mission and said that reports he got from the last year’s medical mission were positive.
“I want to let you know that healthcare delivery is topmost on our agenda. We have driven the healthcare delivery system in Abia from where it was, when we came in 2023 to the present level. We are not there yet, there is still a lot of room for improvement.
“The reports I got after you left were positive. As at the time I was inviting you, I had not gotten the feedback, but interacting with you and seeing how serious you were, I was led to say come back next year.
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“Just about a year ago, you were here and I had requested that you return and get the government fully integrated into the medical mission”, Gov. Otti stated.
The Governor assured the team that adequate arrangements have been made to make them comfortable as they carry out the medical mission.
“By tomorrow, we will be flagging off the retrofitting and rehabilitation of 200 Primary Healthcare Centers. These primary healthcare centers must be delivered in 100 days .
“We took our time to design a prototype of a Primary Healthcare Centre in Abia State. So, when you walk into a primary healthcare centre, you will know it is a primary healthcare centre in Abia State.
“By the time we are done with the first set of 200, we will also flag-off another 200 until all the 948 primary healthcare centers are fully rehabilitated,” Gov. Otti assured.
Enoch Ogbonnaya, a professor and commissioner for Health, said that the second missionary journey of the medical team is in line with the Governor’s vision towards bringing to the doorsteps of Abians free and quality healthcare services.
Ogbonnaya, noted that the team is expected to perform at least one hundred surgeries of different kinds, one thousand consultations on varying health issues, adding that this medical mission, which is on the instance of the Governor has given many Abians the opportunity to receive quality free medical care.
He described the health mission as one of the many interventions of the Governor in the health sector, noting that in the days ahead, the Abia State University Teaching Hospital would wear a new look as it is currently undergoing retrofitting.
De Gazelle Herman, leader of the Revive Medical Team, Belgium, said that medical mission is in response to the request of Governor Otti, following the success of their mission last year, where thousands of people benefitted.
He said that the mission will see the team perform surgeries, including Goiter, Hernia among others, as well as medical consultations.
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