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Francis Onoiribholo
The Edo State deputy governor, Hon. Dennis Idahosa has expressed satisfaction with the quality of facilities at the Edo state specialist hospital.
While commending the facilities during an inspection tour of the hospital, the deputy governor, however, expressed the need for the expansion of the hospital.
The deputy governor who made the commendation in a press statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Friday Aghedo, noted that the expansion is met to take care of the immediate and future health needs of the growing population of the state.
The deputy governor was taken round the treatment rooms, wards, clinics, the molecular laboratory, as well as the VIP section and the Premium Lounge structured for busy executives, after which, he commended the hospital’s management for the standard.
Similarly, Idahosa, who also inspected the hospital’s ongoing projects listened attentively to the challenges being faced by the management of the hospital, however assured them of taking his findings as well as their complaints to Governor Okpebholo.
According to him, “By the grace of God, Edo Specialist Hospital will be transformed, inline with our campaign promises to Edo people.”
On the need for expansion, Idahosa said, “You can see the overwhelming number of patients at the hospital.
“This call for the need for expansion to take care of this huge number of patients and also the fact that the population is growing on a daily basis.”
Addressing the deputy governor, the state Commissioner for Health, Dr Cyril Oshiomhole, said that the ministry had employed the services of quite a number of medical personnel, including medical doctors, since the present administration came on board.
Represented by the Permanent Secretary of the ministry, Dr. Stanley Ehiarimwian, the Commissioner, said the state has also made the issue of training medical professionals a priority.
The Chief Medical Director (CMD) Edo Specialist Hospital, Dr. Anthonia Njoku commended the governor for the support to the hospital and appealed for more of such.
She particularly praised the governor for making security and health issues a priority in his “SHINE Agenda.”
According to her, “of the drawn up five point agendas, health plays second, next to security on the SHINE Agenda.
“When you are secured, we want you to live healthy to be able to achieve other things.
“As we await the accreditation of the department of obstetrics and gynecology of the West African college of surgeons, it is no gainsaying that it is a very important aspect of healthcare where we form a hub and develop highly skilled manpower that Edo people will be grateful for it.”
She asserted that the need for expansion is to create space for more patients to be taken in by the hospital.
“For every one patient we admit in Edo specialist glhospital, three are referred; not because we do not want to care for them, not because we do not have the expertise, but, because we do not have space,” she explained.
