DEVELOPMENT STRIDES IN DELTA AS
UDUAGHAN COMMISSIONS HOSPITAL BUILDING.
Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Eweta Uduaghan
Thursday,13th February,2014 at the Commissioning of the Maternal and
Child Care Complex as well as other
projects at the Warri Central Hospital,Warri attributed the cause of
maternal and child death to poverty and ignorance.
Governor Uduaghan, also a former Commissioner for Health in the state
said the state government has been able to deal squarely with the
issue of poverty through the provision of medical facilities in the
state Health sector.
While calling on pregnant women to "conform to basic maternal rules
and hygiene neccessary for their safe delivery by not subjecting
themselves to "quacks", Dr.Uduaghan stated that his administration is doing its best to
tackle the level of ignorance on the part of pregnant women who often times
visits trado-medical doctors for their deliveries instead of the
conventional medical personnels.
The Governor also advised Pregnant women to always visit the
maternal and child complex of the Central Hospital,Warri for family
planning,registeration and for deliveries in the
hospital as well keep the hospital clean stressing that hygiene starts
from their "kitchens and bedrooms."
Dr. Uduaghan who boasted that the Warri Central Hospital has the
facilities for the safe deliveries of the pregnant women said the
hospital has the capacity to accommodate at least 100 patients at a
time.
Chief Medical Director of the Central Hospital,Warri, Dr. Kingsley
Agholor said the old facilities in the hospital has not been
abandoned. He explained that the with the new building the Hospital’s Paediatricians and Obstericians are now under one
roof and it also brings the Special Care Baby Unit closer to the Labour Ward as
well as the Theatre. He said the MCC has a state of the art Radiological Unit
equipped with an x-ray and ultra sound scan machines. The has led to improved
aesthetic value of the Central Hospital,Warri,.He further explained that the old facility
could sit about 80 women comfortably and with two beautiful holding areas that
has the capacity to contain the Ante Natal Care, ANC, daily attendance among others.
Dr. Agholor said in 2008 a total of about 26,253 attendance was
recorded, a year, after free maternal programme was introduced while a
total of 3,367 babies were delivered. He explained that if compared with
data from 2006 which reveal a total ANC attendance of 14,022 and a
total delivery of 2,261 babies it was an improvement which shows the state government is working.In subsequent years,Agholor said, witnessed a
rise such that in 2013, the total ANC attendance was
33,314(42%increase in ANC from 2006) and a total delivery of about
4,512(50.1% increase in delivery rate from 2006). Dr. Agholor noted
that access to paeditric (0-5years) care also increased with an average
paediatric daily consultation of 250 children as against the total
paediatric consultation put at 26,019 in 2008, the total number of
children seen in the hospital in 2013 was 53,396 saying by contrast,
the total number of children seen in 2006 was 18,705(35%increase in
paediatric access).
Delta State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Joseph Sisanmi Otumara said the
project is designed to save lives with tertiary level care. The former
three time Warri South Council boss also said the commissioning of
Delta State Ambulance Service is to cater specially for traffic
accident victims adding that eight hospitals within the state has been
selected for the purpose. They include, Central
Hospital,Warri , Agbarho,Ughelli,Eku,Sapele,Agbor and Asaba Central Hospitals.
High point of the event was the official commissioning of the Mother
and Child Care Complex,Delta State Ambulance Service and Office
Apartment for Consultants by Dr.Emmanuel Uduaghan
maternal and child death to poverty and ignorance.
Governor Uduaghan, also a former Commissioner for Health in the state
said the state government has been able to deal squarely with the
issue of poverty through the provision of medical facilities in the
state Health sector.
While calling on pregnant women to "conform to basic maternal rules
and hygiene neccessary for their safe delivery by not subjecting
themselves to "quacks", Dr.Uduaghan stated that his administration is doing its best to
tackle the level of ignorance on the part of pregnant women who often times
visits trado-medical doctors for their deliveries instead of the
conventional medical personnels.
The Governor also advised Pregnant women to always visit the
maternal and child complex of the Central Hospital,Warri for family
planning,registeration and for deliveries in the
hospital as well keep the hospital clean stressing that hygiene starts
from their "kitchens and bedrooms."
Dr. Uduaghan who boasted that the Warri Central Hospital has the
facilities for the safe deliveries of the pregnant women said the
hospital has the capacity to accommodate at least 100 patients at a
time.
Chief Medical Director of the Central Hospital,Warri, Dr. Kingsley
Agholor said the old facilities in the hospital has not been
abandoned. He explained that the with the new building the Hospital’s Paediatricians and Obstericians are now under one
roof and it also brings the Special Care Baby Unit closer to the Labour Ward as
well as the Theatre. He said the MCC has a state of the art Radiological Unit
equipped with an x-ray and ultra sound scan machines. The has led to improved
aesthetic value of the Central Hospital,Warri,.He further explained that the old facility
could sit about 80 women comfortably and with two beautiful holding areas that
has the capacity to contain the Ante Natal Care, ANC, daily attendance among others.
Dr. Agholor said in 2008 a total of about 26,253 attendance was
recorded, a year, after free maternal programme was introduced while a
total of 3,367 babies were delivered. He explained that if compared with
data from 2006 which reveal a total ANC attendance of 14,022 and a
total delivery of 2,261 babies it was an improvement which shows the state government is working.In subsequent years,Agholor said, witnessed a
rise such that in 2013, the total ANC attendance was
33,314(42%increase in ANC from 2006) and a total delivery of about
4,512(50.1% increase in delivery rate from 2006). Dr. Agholor noted
that access to paeditric (0-5years) care also increased with an average
paediatric daily consultation of 250 children as against the total
paediatric consultation put at 26,019 in 2008, the total number of
children seen in the hospital in 2013 was 53,396 saying by contrast,
the total number of children seen in 2006 was 18,705(35%increase in
paediatric access).
Delta State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Joseph Sisanmi Otumara said the
project is designed to save lives with tertiary level care. The former
three time Warri South Council boss also said the commissioning of
Delta State Ambulance Service is to cater specially for traffic
accident victims adding that eight hospitals within the state has been
selected for the purpose. They include, Central
Hospital,Warri , Agbarho,Ughelli,Eku,Sapele,Agbor and Asaba Central Hospitals.
High point of the event was the official commissioning of the Mother
and Child Care Complex,Delta State Ambulance Service and Office
Apartment for Consultants by Dr.Emmanuel Uduaghan
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