We‘re repositioning Rivers health sector for effective service delivery – Govt
The government of Rivers State has effectively put on course, the process for repositioning of all levels of the health sector in the state with the acquisition of state-of-the-art equipment for Braithwaite Memorial Specialist Hospital.
Speaking on the side line of an inspection tour to the Braithwaite Memorial Specialist Hospital in Port Harcourt on Monday, the governor of the state, Barrister Nyesom Wike, who revealed this, said that the health sector would continue to enjoy priority attention from his administration.
The governor also declared that the total rehabilitation of structures at the Braithwaite Memorial Specialist Hospital would create the right environment for quality tertiary healthcare.
The governor who was accompanied on the project inspection by the National Chairman of PDP, Prince Uche Secondus, said that majority of the equipment procured by the State Government for the hospital had arrived.
He said: “Our objective is to improve the standard of the Braithwaite Memorial Specialist Hospital as a centre of excellence in tertiary healthcare.
“In terms of equipment, the contractors have done well. Eighty per cent of the equipment have arrived the hospital premises and they will be installed as soon as the rehabilitation is completed,” he stated.
He, however, noted that the progress of work on the structural rehabilitation was slow, hence the contractors should expedite action.
“We believe the contractors should deploy more workforce for the rehabilitation of the hospital. The State Government is doing what is necessary to enhance the quality of the Braithwaite Memorial Specialist Hospital,” he said.
The governor also inspected the ongoing reconstruction of the Doctors Quarters at the Braithwaite Memorial Specialist Hospital and advised the contractors to improve on the pace of work.
He assured that funding of the the projects would be sustained after completion.
The governor was briefed during the project inspection by Dr. Paul Kua, Medical Director of Braithwaite Memorial Specialist Hospital and Mrs. Ajumoke Okpu , Director of Nursing.
The Wike administration has completed the reconstruction and equipping of 13 General Hospitals spread across the three senatorial
Amaka Agbu, Port Harcourt
