By Anne Azuka
Governor Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta State on Thursday said his administration had ordered for the procurement of eight dialysis machines and CT-Scans for hospitals in the state.
He said Warri Central Hospital would get three Dialysis Machines, Asaba Specialist Hospital, three, and Delta State University Teaching Hospital, Oghara, two.
Governor Oborevwori, who disclosed this after inspecting various projects in Warri and Uvwie Local Government Areas, said the machines would arrive by end of March.
“We have ordered eight dialysis machines, three for Warri Central Hospital, three for Asaba Specialist Hospital, and two for Delta State University Teaching Hospital, Oghara.
“By the grace of God, the CT-Scans are also coming by month end and we have also assured that we will expand their theatre and you can see that they are very happy with the visit even though we didn’t plan to come here.
“But we came here on a project inspection and when I asked them what they wanted, they told me and am going to do it for them with even the internal roads within the hospital.”
On allegations of staff members demanding payments from under-five patients and pregnant women, Governor Oborevwori said the hospital management had denied that but urged the people to make use of the whistleblower line which he personally manages.
“I have discussed with the Chief Medical Director of the Warri Central Hospital and she denied the allegation and this is the first time I am hearing those complaints that patients of zero to five years are still paying bills because it is supposed to be free.
“So, anywhere you find that kind of thing, you send the information to us on our whistle-blower line which I am personally manage.
“I am the one personally managing the whistle-blower line and sometimes I call people on that whistleblower line; so, this is the first time I am hearing that,” the Governor said.
Governor Oborevwori who also inspected flood control projects in the Warri and Effurun areas, including the three flyovers at Enerhen junction, PTI Junction and DSC Roundabout, expressed delight that people were happy with the projects.
He said the projects were addressing traffic challenges hitherto faced by the people even when they were yet to be completed.
According to him, “you can see in all the inspections that were done today; you can see the expressions on their faces; it’s not about whether I have street credibility or not.
“If you have street credibility and you don’t do the right thing, people will not be happy. So, everywhere we went, people were happy seeing projects like these.
“So, you can see that people are happy; even now when we have not completed this job, you see that the traffic is flowing very well and, by the time we finish it, you will see that this issue of traffic gridlock will come to an end.”
On the storm drainage projects, Governor Oborevwori tasked the contractor to complete the phase 2 which is at 75 percent and phase 3 on 35 percent completion, respectively.
The Governor also inspected ongoing reconstruction of Orerokpe – Okuloho – Oviri-Okpe road and storm water drainage at Ugolo – Okpe Junction in Okpe Local Government Area
