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Dear Ndi Imo
April 7 was World Health Day, a day set aside by the World Health Organization (WHO) as a global health awareness day to draw worldwide attention to health.
This year the focus is on Universal Health Coverage (UHC), and so the World Health Organization is calling on leaders to commit to concrete steps to advance healthcare for all.
This therefore calls attention to the state of healthcare delivery in our dear state, and to ascertain if our present state government is aligned to WHOs clarion call for health for all in Imo.
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Sadly, this is not the case in our state. In the last seven years, health care service has degenerated to the level where there is total neglect for the provision of basic medical facilities, non-payment of salaries and benefits to doctors and medical workers, which has led to series of industrial actions embarked by doctors and health workers across the State. The sad outcome is the dismal state of the 540 primary health centres in the state, including the 19 General Hospitals and a Teaching Hospital.
Worse still, the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Owerri has more medical consultants, resident doctors, pharmacists, medical laboratory scientists, and nurses than in the 19 General hospitals owned by the Imo State Government.
The poor state of healthcare in Imo calls for concerted efforts and new determination to ensure that ndi Imo have access to basic healthcare.
I therefore urge you to join hands with me on this important journey to liberate our dear state and let us agree on a new road map to adequately invest in the health of our people to be able to build a vibrant state in which our people are healthy and productive.
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Inauguration of Team Ihedioha in Ngor Okpala
