.Onitsha, Enugwu-ukwu, Ekwulobia hospitals to be upgraded for comprehensive healthcare services

 

In continuation of his administration’s three-pronged strategy for the development of the health sector which takes into account infrastruc­ture development, provi­sion of medical equipment to health institutions, and welfare of the medical staff, Anambra State Governor, Chief Willie Obiano, has given assurance that he would build staff quarters to provide accommodation within the hospitals for doctors and nurses in the 37 general hospitals across the state.

 

He said Onitsha, Enugwu-ukwu and Ekwulobia General hospitals would be upgraded to provide comprehensive healthcare in the three senato­rial zones.

 

The governor made this known while inspecting a staff quarters project at the Gen­eral Hospital, Okija in Ihiala Local Government Area. He observed that the one-storey building comprising of four and three bedroom flats would be replicated in all the general hospitals in the state within two years. Governor Obiano ex­plained that his government considered the provision of ac­commodation to medical staff very important for the general well being of Ndi Anambra. According to Obiano, “housing doctors and nurses within the hospital premises would en­able them provide regular ser­vices to the people and respond promptly to emergencies.”

 

The Chief Medical Officer of the hospital, Dr. Nnamdi Uliagbafusi, requested the governor’s intervention in pro­viding electricity and building perimeter fencing as well as re­suscitating the collapsed bore­hole in the area.