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Tinubu Approves 8,800 New Well being Centres Nationwide, As Shettima Commissions Trauma Centre in Ogun
Sagamu, Ogun State – President Bola Tinubu has authorised the institution of 8,800 new Main Healthcare Centres (PHCs) throughout Nigeria, in addition to the improve of present tertiary well being establishments to sort out trauma, oncology, and infectious illness management.
Vice President Kashim Shettima made this identified on Saturday in the course of the commissioning of the Sulaiman Adebola Adegunwa Trauma Centre on the Olabisi Onabanjo College Instructing Hospital (OOUTH) in Sagamu, Ogun State.
Talking on the occasion, the Vice President emphasised the Federal Authorities’s dedication to revitalizing the well being sector by strategic investments and public-private partnerships. He famous that whereas the federal government is dedicated to enhancing healthcare infrastructure, the non-public sector should play a extra lively function.
“Authorities alone can not shoulder this burden. The non-public sector should rise to the problem,” Shettima stated.
He described the brand new trauma centre as a “lifeline” for emergency healthcare and an emblem of the administration’s dedication to life-saving interventions, significantly as Nigeria grapples with urbanisation and rising public well being dangers.
The trauma centre, constructed by the Sulaiman Adebola Adegunwa Basis, is a part of the broader Well being Sector Renewal Funding Initiative of the Tinubu administration. The initiative contains:
Establishing 8,800 new PHCs nationwide
Upgrading tertiary establishments for trauma, most cancers, and infectious illness care
Increasing Nationwide Well being Insurance coverage to cowl all Nigerians
Implementing a Digital Well being Info Administration System
“This centre is greater than a birthday reward; it’s a reward to humanity,” Shettima stated, praising the philanthropic gesture of Chief Adebola Adegunwa, who marked his eightieth birthday with the launch of the world-class medical facility.
Governor Dapo Abiodun hailed the contribution as monumental, recalling the transformation of OOUTH from a ghost facility to a number one medical establishment. He counseled the hospital’s governing board and the Chief Medical Director, Dr. Oluwabunmi Fatungase, for the optimistic turnaround.
Adegunwa, a famend businessman and former Chairman of Sterling Financial institution Plc, expressed pleasure at fulfilling a lifelong vow to present again to his neighborhood. He recounted how he first supported the hospital in 1995 with the donation of a contemporary audio centre, a gesture that left a long-lasting legacy within the establishment.
“From my 56th birthday, I made a private dedication to impression as many lives as potential,” he famous.
The Chairman of the OOUTH Board, Dr. Kunle Hassan, revealed that though the challenge was initially budgeted at ₦800 million, Chief Adegunwa spent over ₦2 billion to completely fund and equip the trauma centre, considerably boosting the hospital’s emergency care capability.
The Akarigbo and Paramount Ruler of Remoland, Oba Babatunde Adewale Ajayi, additionally counseled the challenge, whereas interesting to the Federal Authorities for larger federal presence in Remoland, significantly within the type of federal tertiary establishments.
“Now we have no federal college or polytechnic in Remoland. This should change,” the monarch advised the Vice President.
The Sulaiman Adebola Adegunwa Trauma Centre is anticipated to serve generations of Nigerians, setting a brand new customary in emergency medical companies within the area.
— The Bureau Newspaper
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