Delta State has made significant achievements in the health sector since 1991, thereby standing atop with 65 general hospitals, 450 primary health centres and one teaching hospital, the state Commissioner for Health, Dr Mordi Ononye, has disclosed.
According to him, the state parades three schools of nursing, two schools of midwifery which have been upgraded to college status that can award degrees and a school of health technology.
Speaking with the Nigerian Tribune in Asaba, Dr Ononye said the state became the first in the country to commence universal contributory health coverage with no fewer than 950,000 enrollees under the scheme, the highest so far in the country.
The commissioner said the diagnostic centre in Asaba Specialist Hospital was another milestone in health delivering system, as several states refer cases to it for results, adding that massive construction of infrastructure at Mother and Child Hospital, Owa Alero, in Ika North-East Local Government Area of the state, was progressive, while renovations had been carried out on public health facilities, including those in the rural and riverine communities.
He added that the era where hospitals operated at night without electricity was over in the state.
“Our hospitals, including those in the creek, now enjoy light at night. Solar lights are installed in some of the hospitals but where public power or solar don’t exist, we provide generating sets to enable the health teams function at critical times.
He said the state had taken a proactive measure to ensure the safety of hospital workers, especially those in the rural areas, where abduction of medical personnel was worrisome in the past.
Dr Ononye said government had commenced the process of arresting the acute shortage of medical personnel in the state.
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