Friday, June 16, 2006
Source: .akwaibomstategov.com
Akwa Ibom may soon hug the National Health Insurance Scheme, as Gov Victor Attah said the State government was doing everything probable to get better the health status of its citizens. The governor, who gave the sign at a one-day sensitization seminar on the National Health Insurance Scheme held in Oyo, renowned the general deteriorating health status of Nigerians. The gov who was stand for on the occasion by his deputy, Sir Michael Utopia; also disclosed that infant mortality rate stood at 130 per cent of 1,000 live births while less than five mortality rate stood at 177 per cent of 1,000 live births.
Gov Attah who noted that the state of affairs was very frightening when Akwa Ibom is the third oil create State in Nigeria; added that something has to be done to get better the statistics. Gov Attah gives details that since the inception of his government in 1999; he has board on several health programmers who are aimed at improving the health status of the people. He outlined the programmers’ to comprise the building and equipping of three new universal hospitals at Am among in Okobo, Gov Attah further revealed that those health institutions that were not modernize out of the 42 which were be present at to last year will be renovated this year and equipped for optimum healthcare distribute in the State.



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