Abia State under the leadership of Dr Alex Otti is for the second time hosting a group of medics, “the Revive Medical Team from Belgium”, on a medical mission to the State.
Receiving the team on arrival, Abia State Governor, Dr. Alex Otti reiterated his administration’s determination to prioritize health care .
He thanked the medical team for keeping to its promise of coming again to the state for a free medical mission and said that reports he got from the last year’s medical mission were positive.
“Just about a year ago, you were here and I had requested that you return and get the government fully integrated into the medical mission”, Gov. Otti stated.
The Governor assured the team that adequate arrangements have been made to make them comfortable as they carry out the medical mission.
Governor Otti seized the opportunity to announce that he would this Monday be flagging off construction of 200 Primary Healthcare Centres (PHC) to be delivered in 100 days.
“We took our time to design a prototype of a Primary Healthcare Center in Abia State. So, when you walk into a primary healthcare center, you will know it is a primary healthcare center in Abia State.
“By the time we are done with the first set of 200, we will also flag-off another 200 until all the 948 primary healthcare centers are fully rehabilitated,” he assured.
In his remarks, the Commissioner for Health, Professor Enoch Ogbonnaya noted that the team is expected to perform at least one hundred surgeries of different kinds, one thousand consultations on varying health issues, adding that this medical mission which is on the instance of the Governor has given many Abians the opportunity to receive quality free medical care.
He described the health mission as one of the many interventions of the Governor in the health sector, noting that in the days ahead, the Abia State University Teaching Hospital would wear a new look as it is currently undergoing retrofitting.
In his speech, the leader of the Revive Medical Team, Belgium, Dr. De Gazelle Herman and another member of the team Dr. Smart Oriaku said that medical mission is in response to the request of Governor Alex Otti following the success of their mission last year where thousands of people benefitted.
They said that the mission will see the team perform many surgeries including Goiter, Hernia among others as well as medical consultations.
