The abandoned General Hospital,
Orumba situated in Ajali community, Orumba North Local Government Area of
Anambra State by successive administrations in the state, hope seems to be at the
horizon as the state government in partnership with a United States based medical group, Rise
Global Health Initiative have come to the rescue .
The intervention to save the
hospital from further decay emanated from a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)
reached between the Anambra State Government and the US based Medical experts
under what is called, “Anambra Business Coalition”, (ABC)
The aim is to use three General Hospitals
in the three Senatorial Zones for pilot scheme. The hospitals are, General
Hospital Orumba, General Hospital Ossomalla and Rise Clinic, Adazi-Ani, each
representing the senatorial zones of the state.
At Orumba General Hospital on Tuesday, the
Global Rise Health Initiative team repeated its visit to the hospital to flag-off
the perimeter work on the fencing of the expensive health facility.
During the commissioning, the
Vice-President, Global Rise Health Initiative, Dr. Hien Tran said that the
mission of her team from the United States was to transform the health care delivery
of the state in partnership with the Anambra State Government as a major
stakeholder.
Dr. Tran stated that her team
would concentrate on the renovation of the hospital and improve on some
facilities already in place and even deploy more medical equipment that are
affordable and of quality which may not be phased out because of its form of
technology in the nearest future, providing adequate training for medical
staff, provision of 24hour power generation through alternative source and functional
clean running water which is foremost in health care delivery.
She stated that the flag-off of
the fencing which is already in progress was to guarantee the security of the
staff of the hospital, patients and the equipment to be deployed for effective
diagnosis and treatment of diseases.
The medical expert noted that her
team would remain committed to Governor Willie Obiano for expressing confidence
with Global Rise Health Initiative by performing her own role in the agreement
under “Anambra Business Coalition”.
At the water bore-hole site which
was still in progress at the time of filing this report, the Project Manager, Anambra Business
Coalition, Mr. Johnny Ndive expressed confidence with the contractor and assured
that the project would be completed before this weekend.
Earlier, the Commissioner for
Health, Dr. Joe Akabuike who was represented by the state Director, Medical
Services, Dr. Nathan Ojekwu observed that the state government under Governor Willie
Obiano was committed in improving the healthcare of the people which he had so
far demonstrated through the state government partnership with Global Rise Health
Initiative, a reputable US based healthcare group and expressed delight that
the locals would take advantage of the medical intervention.
He maintained that as a priority
under the Anambra Business Coalition, Orumba General Hospital has been chosen to carter for
cancer patients including other ailments and urged the US experts not to relent in their effort
in bringing healthcare services affordable and closer to the people.
The Chief Medical Officer of the
hospital, Dr. S. O. Eze represented by the hospital’s Chief Pharmacist, Charles
Ugbor explained that the intervention to save the hospital from total collapse
was borne out of the love the present government in the state has for rural
dwellers, including the humanitarian disposition of Rise Global Health
Initiative and charged the natives of Ajalli to see the new project as their
own by patronizing the medical facilities and also seek to the security of the
equipment that would be provided in the hospital.
A
member of the Medical team from
the United States and stakeholder, Rise Clinic, Adazi-Ani, Dr. Emeka
Okeke pleaded with the affluent in the society to invest in humanitarian
work such as
project of saving lives, adding that Rise Global Initiative was already
committed
in discharging wonderful project in Anambra State.
The highpoint was inspection of
some ongoing projects initiated by the state government in partnership with the
US based medical group.
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