In line with the Governor Chukwuma Soludo call for Public Private Partnership in the development of the state, a Canada based medical doctor, Dr. Charles Kene Ojukwu, has donated medical equipment to the Primary Health Centre (PHC) at Christ the King Parish, Abatete, Idemili North Local Government Area, Anambra State.
According to Dr. Ojukwu the donations which was made on October 11, were to support what the government is doing to improve maternal and newborn healthcare in the state.
The presentation was made in the presence of the Archbishop of Onitsha and Metropolitan of the Onitsha Ecclesiastical Province, Most Rev. Valerian Maduka Okeke who also blessed the items and the donor.
The donation was made through the Charles Kene Ojukwu Initiative Foundation.
The donated hospital tools were, an autoclave machine, suction machine, cardiac monitor, oxygen cylinder with trolley, delivery bed, digital fetal Doppler, nebuliser machine, diagnostic ultrasound machine and phototherapy machine.
Other were, labour and minor surgical equipment and the repainting of the health centre which was made as part of the intervention.
While commending the donor and calling on individuals to replicate the gesture the Commissioner for Health, Dr. Afam Obidike who represented the state government said the donation is intended to improve access to essential maternal and newborn healthcare services at the facility.
While speaking and giving an analytical description of the items he donated the donor said the equipment would enable pregnant women to access ultrasound scans at the centre and help healthcare workers to provide phototherapy for newborns with jaundice.
“The nebuliser and suction machines are expected to support emergency interventions, while the autoclave will facilitate the sterilisation of medical instruments.
“The delivery and minor surgical equipment will assist midwives in carrying out procedures, including suturing lacerations and episiotomies.
“This initiative is aimed at strengthening healthcare delivery and contributing to efforts to reduce maternal and child mortality in Abatete and neighbouring communities,” he added.