Nelson Utip
Governor, Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State has pledged that the state will revamp and upgrading all the zonal hospitals at the three Senatorial Districts in the state, he stated this recently in Port Harcourt through The state Commissioner for Health, Dr. Adaeze Oreh, who said that the aim for revamping the hospitals is to boost the medical referral system in local communities across the state.
The Commissioner disclosed that Rivers is among the top three states that will be celebrated at the 2024 Private Sector Health Alliance Nigeria Awards and Gala Night alongside Kaduna and Lagos States, she also disclosed that the proposed award is for improving health equity and access in Nigeria, saying that Governor Fubara had on assumption of office, promised to prioritise healthcare alongside other sectors, which he is keeping to the letter.
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She disclosed that governor Fubara has approved the implementation of the state Contributory Health Protection Programme, including the state “health insurance scheme which enrolls vulnerable population such as pregnant women, children under-five, elderly, poor, and persons living with disabilities.”
“The health partnerships with UNICEF and other international organisations in the various areas of the healthcare system is daily yielding tremendous fruits, such as the recently handed over of 720,000 litres capacity oxygen plant to the Rivers State Government by UNICEF, IHS Towers, Canadian Government, and partners at Eleme General Hospital.” The Commissioner said, adding that further partnerships with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and World Health Organisation (WHO) are yielding results in the areas of family planning and reproductive health commodities in all local government areas.
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“The establishment of a Stroke Centre, Burns Unit, and expansion of Intensive Care Unit (ICU), and bed space capacity at the Rivers State University Teaching Hospital, accreditations in specialist areas of medical training such as Pediatrics, Surgery, Orthopedics, ENT, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, amongst others are some of the notable strides at the tertiary level hospital.” Oreh said, adding that the innovations by Governor Fubara’s governmeny include “introduction of mental health services, eye care, and obstetric imaging at primary healthcare level; reviving of state emergency medical services, establishment of acute malnutrition management sites in the senatorial districts, employment of 2,000 health workers, massive upgrading of the Neuropsychiatric Hospital and the construction of a Drug Rehabilitation Centre and others.”
The award by the Healthcare Alliance Nigeria Award and Gala Night is scheduled for October 25, 2024, in Lagos.
