Enugu State Govt Set to Construct 250-bed Int’l Hospital
Enugu State Govt Set to Construct 250-bed Int’l Hospital:Constitutes Committee on implementation of Enugu State Geographic Information System Services Law_
In line with the administration’s promise to reverse the
flow of medical tourism and position Enugu State as the
preferred destination for business, investment, tourism, and living,
the Enugu State Government has announced that it is embarking
on the construction of a 250-bed, ultramodern quaternary health facility
to be known as the Enugu International Hospital.
This was disclosed by the Commissioner for Health, Prof. Emmanuel Obi,
at the end of Enugu State Executive Council, EXCO, meeting presided over by Governor Peter Mbah at the weekend.
Enugu State Govt Set to Construct 250-bed Int’l Hospital:the correspondent
Briefing Government House correspondents, Prof. Obi said that
besides providing excellent and highly specialised medical services,
the Enugu International Hospital, which would be sited in the heart of Enugu city,
would equally serve as a citadel of medical research and training.
“This means that tomorrow is finally here in the health sector
because primary healthcare is being addressed, secondary healthcare
is being addressed, tertiary healthcare is also being addressed.
“Now we are going to add quaternary healthcare to the scope,
which simply means that an extension of tertiary care and advanced
levels of medicine, which are highly specialised and not widely accessed,
are now going to be available in Enugu in no distant time. So, medical tourism will reverse back to our environment.
“The Enugu International Hospital is going to come up at Rangers Avenue.
So, it will be centrally located in Enugu, and will be easily accessible
from the international airport.
“It is going to be the type of place that will give excellent medical services,
including research and training. It will be that type of hospital
that people will no longer have any reason to leave the shores of Nigeria to go to for healthcare,” Prof Obi stated.
the commissioner
The Commissioner also informed that the meeting discussed
measures to checkmate the Mpox disease, previously known as Monkeypox,
which he explained had become a major international concern,
adding that EXCO directed a scale-up of awareness campaign on the disease.
“Mpox has now become a disease of public health importance
of international concern and the government of Enugu State
has had discussions on how to ensure that effective surveillance,
control, and prevention of any upsurge of Mpox in the state will be put in place.
“The Ministry of Health is, therefore, working with the other
health sector players, including the Akanu Ibiam International Airport’s Port Health Services, to ensure that Enugu citizens are aware, safe, and minimize
their exposure to the Mpox,” the Commissioner concluded.
In another development, the government also announced the constitution of a broad-based committee to ramp up the implementation of the Enugu State
Geological Information System Service Law 2024.
Briefing Government House correspondents, the
Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice,
Dr. Kingsley Udeh, said the intent was also to enhance
the value of land holding in Enugu State, as those who own a flat in the city or a piece of land in the village will be able to obtain a Certificate of Occupancy to
make their property bankable because the entire state would be captured digitally.
the implementation
“With the implementation of the Enugu State Geological Information System,
the era of applying for Certificate of Occupancy and it will take
months to handle will be a thing of the past, because everything
about land administration in the state will be handled digitally and electronically.
This is a high-end technology and we are not talking about what is far-fetched, but about what is already being implemented. So, EXCO simply made approval that
will strenghen and expedite the implementation.
“So, very soon, it will be fully on stream and operational.
This will not just transform land holding and administration,
but even everything that relates to data concerning land.
And all these are geared towards the Governor’s vision to eradicate poverty and also connected to growing our GDP from $4.4bn to $30bn,” Udeh stated.