The Abia State commissioner for Well being, Enoch Uche has stated main healthcare centre (PHC) is a very powerful degree of well being providers in a society.
Uche made the assertion whereas talking to LEADERSHIP in Umuahia, the state capital on the extent of the federal government‘s ongoing retrofitting of 200 PHCs throughout the state.
The governor, Alex Otti had about one month in the past inaugurated a programme tagged „Ekwueme“ for the retrofitting of the 200 PHCs inside 100 days.
His phrases: „Main healthcare centre dentifies to the healthcare wants of individuals the place they reside. So it’s the main level of contact with folks within the healthcare system.
“That’s the reason it is likely one of the most audacious investments of this administration to handle this beforehand uncared for sector of the well being ecosystem.
Uche, who defined that the state has 948 PHCs associated that: „His Excellency simply began with 200. However, even the 200 is kind of an audacious and really visionary transfer.
As at date, in keeping with him 20 out of the 200 had been retrofitted, whereas the remaining are about totally different ranges of completion starting from 50 % to 80 %.
“That is very a lot inline with the marching order issued by the governor. And I’m certain, we‘ll meet the dateline as anticipated,“ the commissioner added.
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