Health Minister Professor Onyebuchi Chukwu made known during a courtesy call on Governor Timipre Sylva at Government House, Yenagoa that the Federal Government is planning to establish a school of midwifery in the state, which is expected to help reduce and control maternal mortality by training midwives to serve the people better.
Professor Chukwu noted that since the only federal present in the health sector is the federal medical centre FMC Yenagoa, effort will be made to hasten up work at the hospital. After an inspection of the Melford Okilo Memorial Hospital, Yenagoa, the Minister of Health, Professor Onyebuchi Chukwu expressed delight and commended the state government for embarking on a project so magnitude, which according to him, will promote the health of the citizenry.
He said when completed, the hospital can compete favourably with the best health institutions with other part of the country. He therefore called on the state government to employ the right personnel as well as put an effective monitoring and management system for effective health service delivery.
Earlier Governor Timipre Sylva had said his administration will replicate federal government’s effort to improve health sector in the state. Represented by his Deputy, Chief Werinipre Seibarugu said to achieve this; the state government was also committed to partnering with the federal government. He however, urged the federal government not to relent in its desire to provide health for all.
The Governor pointed out that one of the cardinal objectives of his administration is to ensure that the people of the state have access to good healthcare facilities.
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