Gov. Obaseki provides quality healthcare services in Edo State

The Edo State Government has reiterated its commitment to the provision of quality healthcare services to the people of the state, noting that ongoing reforms in the health sector is aimed at redesigning the healthcare system.

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Addressing journalists in Benin City, in response to the recent media attacks by the state chapter of the All Progressives Congress on the planned structural reforms to be carried out within the premises of the Edo Central Hospital, the State Commissioner for Communication and Orientation, Andrew Emwanta, said the healthcare sector under the Godwin Obaseki-led administration has received a boost within the last five years.

He said, “The goal of the state government is not to outrightly demolish the Central Hospital as currently being canvassed by social media hirelings of the APC in Edo State, but rather to improve the environment in which healthcare will be provided to the good people of Edo State.”

Noting that the COVID-19 pandemic is still a challenge to the health sector, he added, “For the purpose of achieving government’s developmental plan in the hospital premises, adequate arrangements are being made to ensure that all Edo people who access care at the Central Hospital are adequately catered for while certain services are been re-located.”

“The accolades we got both locally and globally, as a result of our COVID-19 response between last year and this year is a manifest testimony of the determination of the Edo State Government to continuously walk the talk and give a human face to health care services in the State, irrespective of the toll the pandemic had on the State’s revenue receipts.”
The commissioner added, “Governor Obaseki remains committed to progressively improving the state of infrastructure around healthcare delivery in Edo State.”

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