Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, has urged communities to take ownership of newly upgraded primary healthcare centres and protect them from vandalism to ensure sustained healthcare delivery.
Otti gave the charge on Thursday during the formal functionalisation of the Amaokwe Item and Amaegbuato Nkpa Primary Health Centres in Bende Local Government Area of the state.
Represented by the Commissioner for Health, Prof. Ogbonnaya Uche, the governor said the facilities formed part of ongoing healthcare reforms that had made about nine PHCs operational in the area.
“Government has provided these facilities; it is now the responsibility of the communities to protect and sustain them because vandalism or misuse will not be tolerated,” he warned.
Otti said the upgraded centres were equipped with essential medical facilities, including ultrasound machines, auto analysers, oxygen units and laboratory equipment to improve healthcare services.
He said the facilities had been staffed with qualified nurses to provide
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