Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State has said that deliberate policies and programmes have been put in place to ensure that projects and modern health facilities provided by his administration were sustained in good condition.
The governor gave the assurance on Saturday at the commissioning of the comprehensive renovation of all the old structures and provision of ultra-modern accident and emergency complex as well as a modern mortuary of Eku Baptist Government Hospital, Eku in Ethiope East Local Government Area of the state.
According to Uduaghan, successive administrations in the state will not dump or neglect the health institutions and the ultra-modern facilities put in place because the government has taken measures to guarantee their sustenance in the future.
“Let me assure the management of the Eku Baptist Government Hospital and the Eku community that government will sign a five-year contract with a company to ensure that the equipment and facilities at the hospital remain in good condition,” he stated.
He said that the hospital has a history, patronized by people from different parts of the country, adding that the reconstruction and comprehensive re-equipping of the hospital came as a result of the Nigeria Baptist Convention and the Eku community’s call on government to take over the hospital.
Dr. Uduaghan disclosed that the hospital was to be made the Delta State Teaching Hospital but such had to be stopped because of complaint from some individuals in the community, added that DELSUTH had to be moved to Oghara when it became impossible to make the Eku Baptist Government Hospital a teaching hospital.
Earlier, Dr. O. Odunvbun said the Uduaghan administration ensured “comprehensive renovation of all the old structures and provided ultra-modern accident and emergency complex and a modern mortuary,” adding: “The hospital boasts of 16 slice CT scan, ultra-modern dental unit and laboratory equipment.
“Eku Baptist Government Hospital has 150 bed spaces, comprising of maternity ward. Male and female wards, pediatrics and private wards, additional 20 bed space in the new accident and emergency complex.
“This transformed secondary health facility with the assistance of the state government recently secured five years full accreditation for Family Medicine Training from both the National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria and the West African College of Physician.”
The Eku Community, in an address read by Prof. Uvie Igun, said: “This hospital, which is very dear to every Eku descendant, was very sick and near death, we cried to you (Dr Uduaghan) and you answered our cry and came to the rescue of the hospital.
“Dr Uduaghan, Eku community welcomes you to Eku as our adopted son, adopted son because of all you have done to touch the lives of every Eku descendant.”
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