The Federal Government has approved the establishment of 8,880 new Primary Healthcare Centres across the country.
The is under the Comprehensive Health Sector Renewal Investment Initiative, according to Vice-President Kashim Shettima.
Shettima disclosed this during the commissioning of the Sulaiman Adebola Adegunwa Trauma Centre at the Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital (OOUTH) in Sagamu.
The facility worth over N2bn was donated to the teaching hospital by an industrialist and philanthropist, Asiwaju Sulaiman Adebola Adegunwa, to mark his 80th birthday.
The state-of-the-art facility would provide comprehensive and advanced trauma care with infrastructures such as an elevator for seamless patient transfer, three adequately equipped surgical suites, a modern intensive care unit, advanced imaging technology to facilitate rapid and accurate diagnosis, dedicated resuscitation bays for immediate lifesaving interventions, and a High Dependency Unit (HDU) to provide a crucial bridge between intensive care and general ward care.
The facility would offer relief for accident victims along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway and Benin-Shagamu expressway which account for 41.5 per cent of accidents in the area according to the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC).
The vice president described it as a humanitarian gesture that would benefit the generations yet unborn.
He said, “The administration is also investing in the National Health Insurance Scheme that gives all Nigerians hope and a digital information management system that ensures data-driven diagnosis.
“Sulaiman Adebola Adegunwa Trauma Centre fits into this. It brings the federal government’s commitment to build a health sector that works for all, especially in a moment of distress when accidents strike, when time is short, and when the difference between life and death is determined by the speed of emergency intervention,” he noted.
“Our historical struggles to fix the healthcare system must be undertaken collectively through synergy between the public and private sectors. We are a nation of immense promise, but also of immense problems. That is why the government alone cannot shoulder these problems.
“We need more private sector players, philanthropists, foundations, and professionals to take a cue from what Otunba Adegunwa has done to rise beyond personal achievements and involve themselves in national development,” he added.
