A TWENTY FOUR HOUR EMERGENCY RESPONSE CENTRE NOW IN IMO STATE.

GENERAL HOSPITALState governments have been urged to pay more attention to the health and well being of the people.

The Minister of Health, Professor Isaac Adewole made the call in Owerri during the launch of a Twenty four hour Emergency Response Centre put in place by the Imo State government.

The Centre known as Imo Twenty four hour Emergency Response Centre is an initiative of the state government aimed at ensuring quick response to distress calls.Speaking on the occasion, the Minister of Health, Professor Isaac Adewole stressed the need for more budgetary allocation to the health sector to guarantee quality health care.

He lauded the Imo state government for establishing the centre and called for its sustenance.

“An investment in health is really an investment in the socio-economic development of the state.

Every investment in health will bring greater return. Most countries that have recorded improvement in health care indicator do so because the health situation has improved.

There is a lot to achieve by putting money in health, your Excellency, please help us do more. We appreciate you and I can assure you on our part we will continue to provide all the support”.

Professor Adewole donated two ambulance vehicles to the Centre to enhance its operations.In a remark, the Imo State Governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha regretted that many Nigerians had lost their lives due to lack of access to quality health care.

 “Let me say to all of us that every second counts in saving of lives, as we commission this very emergency centre, it is my hope that Imolites who are in need of medical attention, or who are in need of any kind of assistance, it could be fire, it could be health, it could be armed robbery, it could be anything that requires immediate attention, this  is a place to call and get a rescue”.

Governor Okorocha noted that his administration was building twenty seven General Hospitals across the State to check medical tourism.

BY CHINAZO ILECHUKWU.

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