APC Hails Amaechi, Rivers Govt. for Setting the Pace in Healthcare
Delivery
The Rivers State Government has been commended for
winning the 2014 edition of the highest honour for unparalleled excellence in
healthcare delivery in the country, dubbed ‘the Outstanding Government
Healthcare Programme Excellence Award’.
“This feat, achieved over the weekend during the award
ceremony held at the Eko Hotel and Suites, Lagos, has erased any doubt which
might have been harboured by anyone about the commitment of the Governor
Chibuike Amaechi-led administration to the health and wellbeing of all citizens
of Rivers State,” the State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) said
in a statement issued in Port Harcourt.
The statement signed by the State Interim Chairman,
Dr. Davies Ibiamu Ikanya, described Governor Amaechi as “a visionary with an
uncommon passion for the welfare of the downtrodden,” adding: “This is evident
in the zeal with which his administration, from its inception almost seven
years ago pursued primary healthcare delivery, making huge investments in the
sector and rebuilding the health system from the foundation stage.”.
Rivers APC described the honour as well deserved, saying:
“It is indeed remarkable that the Amaechi administration has, without much ado,
built, staffed and equipped over 120 primary health centres across the state.
It has in addition ensured that each primary healthcare centre in the state is
headed by a medical doctor who lives in the premises to attend to patients
round the clock. As a result of this, Rivers State has achieved 100 percent
routine immunization by the World Health Organization’s (WHO) assessment in the
year 2013.”
Apart from the above, the government of Rivers State
under the watch of Governor Amaechi has achieved the following-
Three
new Secondary/Tertiary Health Care centres were built and being managed on PPP
basis: 1. New Dental and Maxillofacial Hospital. 2. 120 bed Prof.
Kelsey Harrison Hospital. 3. 120 bed hospital within the Rivers State
UST campus
The
Braithwaite Memorial Specialist Hospital (BMH) is constantly upgraded in the
areas of infrastructure and equipment.
To
ensure that Rivers State is the best in health delivery in Africa, the
government of Rivers State is not contented with the above feats but is
currently executing the following projects: 1. New College of Nursing and
Midwifery
2.
Orthopaedic Hospital at the old UPTH site
3.
Cardiovascular Hospital at the old UPTH site.
4.
Mother and Child Hospital at the Air force Base.
A
Pan African Health Foundation (PAHF) Auto Disable Syringe Factory that produces
160 million syringes per annum was completed and commissioned in October, 2008.
For
the party, Governor Amaechi does not only improve on the infrastructure of the
health sector but also the human capital. In this regard, recruitment and
training/retraining of Human Resource for Health have been ongoing. So far, 460
doctors, 300 nurses, 20 pharmacists, 40 record officers, 20 catering officers,
20 cooks and 20 drivers have been recruited to boost the workforce in the
service. Another 218 other staff were recruited into the State Emergency
Medical Services.
The
following under listed programmes are fully functional – 1. Free Medical Care
Programme. 2. Emergency Medical Service. 3. Malaria Control Programme. 4. HIV/AIDS
Control Programme.
5. Tuberculosis and Leprosy Control Programme. 6. National
Programme of Immunization
With all these feats one is not in doubt that Rivers
State is the best in Nigeria in Health delivery, in this regard, Dr Ikanya
praised the Amaechi administration for focusing on things that will touch the
lives of the common man and appealed to “the good people of Rivers State to reciprocate
this gesture by always supporting His Excellency and voting for APC candidates
in future elections in the State.”
We must also congratulate and commend Dr Sampson
Parker the supervising Commissioner of Health in the State who has religiously
implemented the vision and mission of Governor Amaechi on health care delivery
to the letter, the statement concluded.
To
the doubting ‘Thomases’, the relevant pictures of some of the feats of this
administration in this regard are attached.
Chief Eze Chukwuemeka
Eze,
SSA Media and Public Affairs to the Interim State Chairman, APC
Rivers State
