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The Abia State government through the Ministry of Health, has enjoined the people of Obingwa and its environs to effectively make use of the Nenu Specialist Hospital, an annex of Abịa State University Teaching Hospital that is located at Nenu in Obingwa Local Government Area of the State.
The Commissioner for Health, Prof. Ogbonnaya Uche, represented by the Chief Medical Director of Abịa State University Teaching Hospital Aba, Prof. Uzoma Nduka, who made the call during a facility tour of the hospital. said the facility has expanded beyond what was envisioned at the inception of the partnership through the signing of an MoU between ABSUTH and Nenu community on the specialist hospital.
He appreciated the community for the reception accorded them from inception, revealing that from inception of the partnership, ABSUTH has scaled through all their accreditations, while describing the partnership as one that has yielded desired results.
Prof Uche, listed some of the sophisticated equipment in the hospital to include: ECG, theatre, labour Ward, ultrasound Scan, among others, maintaining that such equipment are not commonly seen in most hospitals in rural communities.
He called on the people of Nenu and border communities to make use of the facility, stressing that they cannot have such and yet will not utilize the healthcare services offered by government.
On his part, the Mayor, Obingwa LGA , Hon. Maxwell Nwadike, said he witnessed tremendous improvement from what he saw the last time he visited the facility.
He described the feat as transformative improvement while appreciating the entire community and Dr. Chris Akomas for the edifice, insisting that one can hardly see this type in any local government area.
In his remarks during the occasion, the National Chairman of Forum of Former Deputy Governors of Nigeria, Dr. Chris Akomas expressed gratitude to God for the collective efforts and support of Nenu people, while emphasizing that the vision is getting clearer, with an Automated Laboratory that is functional, as well as a pharmacy stocked with drugs, in place, even as he described what is on ground as wonderful.
The former deputy governor of the state promised that other equipment like MRI, is billed to be installed very soon even as he invited people to come and have the best medical services at the hospital, while disclosing that the vision of the health facility started very early when he informed them that the facility would be a health Centre but a General Hospital.
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