5th April 2023

By Peter Dada
The Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, has said the state insurance scheme is providing qualitative and affordable healthcare for the people of the state.
Akeredolu, who was represented by the Commissioner for Health, Dr Banji Ajaka, stated this on Tuesday at the inauguration of surgical and medical wards at the Mother and Child Hospital, Akure.
The surgical and medical wards, according to the governor, were built by the state Ministry of Health with support from an organisation, The Saving One Million Lives Programme for Result.
He said, “To fill this gap, the State Executive Council approved that the Mother and Child Hospital Akure should expand its range of services and provide quality healthcare for the people.
“I am glad to inform us that this facility has been approved to provide services beyond maternal and child health care. Our state insurance scheme under the Ondo State Contributory Health Commission| is another giant stride of this administration. This scheme has commenced in full force and our people have continued to enjoy unfettered access to good and qualitative health care at affordable cost.”
Akeredolu disclosed that no fewer than 280 workers had registered to benefit from the insurance scheme.
Also, the governor inaugurated a new administrative block, which is an expansion of the infectious and disease hospital, Akure, to cover non-infectious diseases for the benefit of the citizens in Akure and beyond.He said, “This project will afford the entire people of the state access to prompt and immediate care to complement the services of the University of Medical Sciences and the Mother and Child Hospital at Oke-Aro which is in line with Mr Governor’s agenda to provide effective and efficient healthcare for the good people of the state.”
SOURCE: PUNCH