Odumegwu- Ojukwu Teaching Hospital Receives N500 Million for CT Scan, Others

Governor Peter Obi has presented a cheque of five hundred million naira to Odumegwu-Ojukwu Teaching Hospital, Amaku, Awka for Diagnostic equipment supplied to upgrade the hospital.

Governor Obi who presented the cheque while commissioning the equipment, also presented three thirty two seater buses, one each for the college of Medicine, School of Nursing and School of Midwifery.

The equipment which has one year maintenance warranty include scanning machines, mammography, ultra sound machines, Digital X-ray and Anesthetic machines, among others.

Governor Obi said the equipment would reduce the burden of people travelling abroad for healthcare services while the vehicles would enhance activities of students in the hospital.

The Governor expressed dissatisfaction with the slow pace of work on the going hostel project  for the medical students but   assured that measures have been put in place to accelerate work, while work would also commence in earnest on the school of nursing hostel project.

The Commissioner for Health Dr. Lawrence Ikeakor said Governor’s Intervention had repositioned the Teaching Hospital and its institutions as well as provided a conducive environment for academic excellencies as well as logistics to enable the institutions scale various accreditations.

Dr. Ikeakor noted that equipment would improve service delivery in the Hospital and charged the students to strive to acquire the requisite knowledge and skill to distinguish themselves.

The Chief Medical Officer of the Hospital, Dr. Ifeanyi Ezeobi thanked Governor Obi for his sustained efforts to upgrade the Teaching Hospital to World Class standard that would meet the health needs of the people.

Dr. Ezeobi observed that the quality of the equipment would provide the desired result as the hospital had standard Radiography Department.

Responding, the President, Medical Students Association, Mr. Kenneth Nwokolo said the Governor hadvrestored their hope by building one of the best Teaching Hospitals in the country.

Also speaking, a Medical Student,  Mr. Collins Chukwu assured the Governor that they would reciprocate his kind gesture through hard work and expressed the hope that the incoming administration would follows his foothsteps.

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Gov. Peter Obi (2nd left), with Lawrence Ikeakor (middle), Stella Okunna (1st left), Vivian Nwandu ( 1st right), during the presentation of the cheque of N500 Million Naira for diagnostic equipment for Odumegwu- Ojukwu Teaching Hospital, Awka