Abia State Governor, Dr Alex Otti has flagged off the rehabilitation and fictionalisation of 200 Primary Healthcare Centres across the 184 Wards of Abia State in 100th days at the Primary Health Center Ngwu Uzuakoli, Bende Local Government Area as a launching point.
Speaking about the flag off on Sunday when he received in audience a delegation of the Revive Medical Team from Belgium who came for a medical mission Governor Otti said that by the time he would be through with the construction of the first 200 health care centres, he would commence another set of 200 and would continue until all the Primary Healthcare Centres in Abia State are rehabilitated and retrofitted.
“By tomorrow,(Today)we will be flagging off the retrofitting and rehabilitation of 200 Primary Healthcare Centers. These primary healthcare centers must be delivered in 100 days .
“We took our time to design a prototype of a Primary Healthcare Center in Abia State. So, when you walk into a primary healthcare center, you will know it is a primary healthcare center in Abia State.
“By the time we are done with the first set of 200, we will also flag-off another 200 until all the 948 primary healthcare centers are fully rehabilitated,” Gov. Otti assured.
In his remarks, the Commissioner for Health, Professor Enoch Ogbonnaya said that the second missionary journey of the medical team is in line with the Governor’s vision towards bringing to the doorsteps of Abians free and quality healthcare services.
Professor Ogbonnaya noted that the team is expected to perform at least one hundred surgeries of different kinds, one thousand consultations on varying health issues, adding that this medical mission which is on the instance of the Governor has given many Abians the opportunity to receive quality free medical care.
He described the health mission as one of the many interventions of the Governor in the health sector, noting that in the days ahead, the Abia State University Teaching Hospital would wear a new look as it is currently undergoing retrofitting.