Soludo Targets 21 General Hospitals in Anambra

By Praise Chinecherem

Anambra state government has reassured its commitment to the vision of having one functional general hospital in every local government area of the state.

Commissioner for Health, Dr Afam Obidike stated this in a press conference shortly after tour of health facilities across the state.

He said Governor Chukwuma Soludo had been intentional about bridging the healthcare gap between urban and rural communities.

According to him, the facilities scattered throughout the state was part of Soludo’s efforts to strengthen healthcare delivery, especially in rural and underserved communities.

Obidike said, “Mr Governor is intentional about bridging the healthcare gap between urban and rural communities.

“No Anambra citizen should die because they cannot afford or access medical care.

“In Primary Healthcare, last year we won the Best PHC Leadership Challenge, and smiled home with N1.2m dollars.

“So far, we have renovated 130 primary healthcare facilities in the state. Our intention is to have one functional primary healthcare per ward and one functional general hospital per local government.

“When we came on board, almost six LGAs are without a general hospital but today, the story has changed. We have put 5KVA solar in all the 326 PHCs in the state.

“We are getting to the Second Phase of PHC s, we have done 130 with solar light and water in 326 PHCs.

“To fill the gap in healthcare system, we built a Trauma Centre, which will be totally digitized with intensive care unit, burns session among others.

Among the health facilities visited during the tour were General hospital, Anaku, Ekwulobia, Specialist Hospital, Fegge, Rehabilitation center, Nibo and Trauma Centre at Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu Teaching Hospital, Amaku, Awka.