Citizens Urged to Register to Benefit from Abia Health Insurance Scheme at Nenu Specialist Hospital

People of Nenu and its environs have been urged to register and benefit from the Abia State Health Insurance Scheme at the Nenu Specialist Hospital, Nenu in Obingwa Local Government Area of Abia.

The call was made by a stakeholder in the community, Bar. Ihunanya Onwutuebe during an event to mark one year of health services to the people of the area.

He also asked them to partner with the hospital to save themselves from health related issues, since according to him, the sole brain behind the establishment of the health facility, Dr. Chris Akomas has done his bit by ensuring that the edifice became a reality after several years of toils.

Contributing, Chairman Consultative Assembly of the community, High Chief Markson Etonyeaku, recalled that the people have always wanted their community hospital to be upgraded to a General Hospital.

He disclosed that God used the current National Chairman of Forum of Former Deputy Governors of Nigeria, Dr. Akomas to actualize this age long dream.

He further noted that the medical equipment installed in the hospital may not be seen in most General Hospitals around while assuring that the management of the hospital only aims to be the best health institution within and around the area.

Earlier, the Chief Medical Director of the hospital, Prof. P E N Onyemachi revealed that the hospital which opened officially last year, has attended to nine hundred and seventy three patients, four normal deliveries, four surgeries, with a total of one thousand, and seventy one laboratory investigations.

He further revealed that Dr. Akomas, after the completion of the hospital, equipped the hospital with modern equipment such as incinerator, autoclave, phototherapy machine ECG Machine, MRI machine, 4 units dialysis machines, fully equipped ambulance service, among others.

While thanking God for the landmark achievement so far, he also expressed gratitude to Dr. Chris Akomas who he said, had put in so much in the edifice that serves as their rural outpost even as he prayed that he be strengthened and empowered with knowledge, wisdom and technical knowledge to continue to serve mankind.

In his own remarks, Chairman of the Occasion and the President General of the community, Mazi Ibeabuchi Ugwumba thanked God for the realization of the project and assured staff of the hospital that Dr. Chris Akomas would ensure that their stay at the hospital will be memorable while describing him as a Labour guru and an activist.

In a vote of thanks, Prof. Mazi Ejikem who assured the staff of the hospital that it is just a matter of time before they will get incorporated into Abia State University Teaching Hospital and thus become pensionable, commended them for their sacrifices and commitment to duty.

He thanked the doctors and nurses and all other health workers, for being part of history of transforming the edifice to a sanctuary of healing, just as he commended donors partners, and community members for their commitment in keeping the edifice on.

While expressing gratitude to the leadership of Nenu autonomous community, but most especially, Dr. Chris Akomas, who he described as someone with a heart of giving, he prayed God to sustain him roundly in all his endeavours in the years ahead.