A building named: “Patience Umo Eno Antenatal Complex,” in the University of Uyo Teaching Hospital has been inaugurated by Governor Umo Eno to immortalise his wife.
Inaugurating the complex on Friday, Eno thanked the hospital for erecting the facility to immortalise his late wife, Pastor Patience.
The hospital, during the inauguration on Valentine’s Day, observed worldwide as a day to show love to everyone, said this was in recognition of her impact as First Lady.
The governor said: “This is indeed a Valentine gesture that I appreciate and will remain indelible in my heart for as long as I live on earth.
“I will not forget what the UUTH has done today.”
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Eno said the Antenatal Complex was a testament to Pastor Patience’s passion and dedication at reducing infant mortality rate and ensuring that pregnant mothers are exposed to the best antenatal care possible in the state.
He said: We’re working very hard to reposition the Ibom Specialty Hospital to a standard that will drive medical tourism in our state.
“We are opening up the medical corridor with a medical village.
“We are building a complete Mother and Child Hospital, we’re building Doctors Quarters, we are building facilities that will enhance and promote medical health in the State.
“We will collaborate with health professionals to ensure we leave no one behind.”
On her part, the Coordinator of the Office of the First Lady, Lady Helen Eno Obareki, described her mother as a woman of excellence and thanked the Chief Medical Director and staff of the hospital for their thoughtful gesture.
Obareki said: “One of the thematic areas of the Golden Initiative for All is Maternal and Child Healthcare.
“So if there was ever a wing of the hospital to be named after her, it is this one.
“And so, I’m standing here to say thank you to the Chief Medical Director and indeed the entire management and staff of the hospital and I pray that this is not only a physical space, it would serve as a memorial for the life that she lived and the compassion that she had in her heart for the pregnant women of our dear state.”
The Patience Umo Eno Antenatal complex has a general ward, private rooms, consulting rooms, call rooms, offices, a mini laboratory, a pharmacy, a mini records unit, and a family planning unit with diagnostic equipment and other furnishing.
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