By Onwukwe Ezeru
Special Correspondent, Umuahia
Integrated healthcare delivery will take off soon in Abia State, says Governor Okezie Ikpeazu.
He made the promise at Eluama Isuikwuato Council while commissioning Eluama Primary Health Centre which was reconstructed and equipped by Emmanuel Mbaka, chairman of Emma Mbaka Foundation.
Ikpeazu said primary, secondary, and tertiary health facilities will be upgraded and a super tertiary health facility will also be established in the next two years to undertake heart transplant.
Ikpeazu disclosed plans by the state government to spend about N1 billion on healthcare in the next one month, and said the process of making Eluama Health Centre a cottage hospital has begun.
He promised to construct a two-kilometre access road to the health centre and commended Mbaka for assisting the government in meeting the needs of the people.
Mbaka described healthcare as essential and said the centre will provide services free.
Eluama Isuikwuato Council Transition Committee Chairman, Christopher Osondu, thanked Ikpeazu for his love for Isuikwuato people and urged him to mend the road leading to the health centre.
