Titbit of Governor Soludo administration worthy of celebration 1year in office achievements Pt 2

With focus on Anambra Health Sector:

In terms of Health , we upgraded three general Hospitals at Ekwulobia, Enugwu Ukwu, and Umueri, including dental units , hired 300 medical personnel and activated a ministry of Health task force. Our Health is our most valuable assets – Governor Charles Chukwuma Soludo.

 

It is said that Health is wealth and Governor Soludo having this age long saying at the back of his mind is doing a lot in Anambra State Health sector.

 

He has obviously made commendable achievements in the Health sector.

 

As I reel out Governor Soludo 1year achievements in Anambra Health sector anybody that reads it will agree with me that some Governors cannot boast of making such achievements in their first term of office.

 

What I discovered about Governor Soludo is that he has an unquenchable burning desire to turn Anambra State around for good in all sectors of governance.

 

Nothing gives him sleepless nights more than the thoughts of what to do to touch the lives of the ordinary people in our society positively.

 

A lot has been achieved in Anambra State Health sector under the administration of Governor Charles Chukwuma Soludo.

 

Below are the Governors achievements in Anambra Health sector.

 

1) Construction of coordinated wholesale drug centre at Oba.

2) Construction of Oxygen plant at General Hospital Onitsha, almost completed and will soon be commissioned. Those that know the importance of Oxygen will commend the Governor for executing that project.

3) Activation of refurbished dialysis centre at General Hospital Onitsha

4) Landscaping and beautification of school of Health technology Obosi

5) Construction and equipping of a standard room for medical imagining and X – Ray technician department at school of Health technology Obosi.

6) Construction and equipping of a standard entrepreneurship practical centre at school of Health technology Obosi.

7) Construction of practical demonstration hall for Health information technician at school of Health technology Obosi.

8) Establishment of Telemedicine. This has helped to cover hard to reach areas through online medical consultation, thus helping to achieve universal health coverage for ndi Anambra. 

9)Establishment of Anambra State emergency medical services and Ambulance system.

10)Strengthened the emergency response unit for disease surveillance and outbreaks (helped greatly in combating measles outbreak) which was ongoing when he assumed office. It also helped to manage monkey pox and lassa fever.

11) Establishment of feedback communication channel for the public in all General Hospitals.

12) Routine quarterly service delivery auditing at the State tertiary institutions.

13) Constitution and Establishment of Hospital monitoring team for State and private Hospitals.

14) Establishment of External Quality Assurance Exercise organised across all the medical Laboratory in the State Hospitals.

15) Establishment of Endoscopy unit at General Hospital Onitsha.

16) Equipped the Laboratory department of General Hospitals (Nnobi and Agulu)with Hematology analysers.

17) Activation and and Equipping of Dental units at General Hospital Enugwu ukwu, Umueri and Ekwulobia.

18) Activation of Mammography unit at General Hospital Onitsha.

19)Supports the Ministry of Health to conduct State Council on Health meetings.

20) Establishment of 3 Dog bite treatment centres, one in each Senatorial zone, Onitsha General Hospital, Enugwu ukwu General Hospital and Ekwulobia General Hospital.

21) Commenced free vaccination with Anti Rabies vaccines for dog – bite victims in the State.

22) Anambra covered 1, 408, 840 as against 1,232, 078 in the measles vaccination campaign which is the target and also recorded 95% in the ward coverage (1st Nov 2022). Total of 109, 443 children 6 – 23months were reached with Rota virus vaccine representing 94%. That introduction reduced the incidence of diarrhoea outbreak in the State compared to other years (29th November to 6th December 2022).

23) Used integrated Health/ immunizations outreach in flood affected LGAs , covered the core antigen State and reached the following children

BCG 3440 children

ROTA VAC 8118

PENTAS 36, 184

OPV 36, 169

Measles VAC 9485.

As a result of the above, Anambra recorded no outbreak from flood affected LGAs as expected in post flood situation (Dec 2022 – February 2023.

24) launched campaign to address the epidemics of diabetes, cancer, high blood pressure and heart related illness.

25) Ongoing free cervical cancer screening and treatment in 25 Health facilities in the State. More than 1500 women have been successfully screened and plan is ongoing to expand it to other Healthcare facilities.

26) Distributed insecticides treated nets (ITNs) in the State using technology and Anambra was adjudged as the best in the Country by the implementing partners (Malaria consortium). This increased the State ITN index from 27% to 57% above the national benchmark.

27) Establishment of Anambra State specialist Eye Hospital Nise.

28) Development of hub and spoke referral model system from PHC to secondary care system.

29) Establishment of Quality drug testing laboratory

30) implementation of mass drugs Administration (MDA) in all villages, Churches , school and Markets, etc, where people can easily have access to the intervention.

Over 4 million people received preventive chemotherapy in 2022.

ETC.

 

The above reeled out achievements in Anambra Health sector were recorded by Governor Soludo administration within 1year.

 

This is for ndi Anambra to see that Governor Soludo is not joking with their health and general wellbeing.

 

In Governor Charles Chukwuma Soludo, the good people of Anambra were blessed with a man whose priority is their welfare and wellbeing.

 

Let’s keep supporting Governor Soludo to enable him do more for us.

 

Daalu nu.

 

Evang Chinedu Obigwe

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