‘A’Ibom hospital to run as stand-alone medical facility’
02 January 2025 |
5:27 am
Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Umo Eno, has announced plans to convert Ibom Specialist Hospital into a stand-alone medical facility by 2025, similar to how Ibom Air is run.
Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Umo Eno, has announced plans to convert Ibom Specialist Hospital into a stand-alone medical facility by 2025, similar to how Ibom Air is run.
The governor, who made this announcement in his 2025 New Year broadcast in Uyo yesterday, explained that the conversion is to enable the specialist hospital to fulfil the purpose for which it was founded.
It could be recalled that the multi-billion Naira facility, since its inauguration during former governor Godswill Akpabio’s administration, has not realised its full potential.
Eno also stated that this year, he would flag off the construction of a Medical Village along the medical tourism corridor between the Ibom Specialist Hospital and the Raffia City of Ikot Ekpene. He mentioned plans to formally launch the State Ambulance Services to complement the Insurance Scheme.
His words: “The health and well-being of our people will continue to be our priority, even as we pay greater attention to healthcare delivery. In the New Year, we will continue to commission more model primary healthcare facilities across the state, in addition to those already commissioned.
We will enrol more people into our Arise Care Medical Insurance Scheme, in addition to almost 10 thousand public service employees and some senior citizens who have already been enrolled.
“Ibom Specialist Hospital will be reorganised to enable it to fulfil the mission of its founding. It will be run as a stand-alone medical facility in the model of Ibom Air.”
He also announced plans to reinvigorate the power sector in 2025 by holding a power summit, while thanking the Speaker of the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly, Udeme Otong, for the swift passage of the State Electricity Bill into law.
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