My Vision on the Health Sector
My Vision for Akwa Ibom State in the health sector is to build a healthy
population through preventive health care programmes and the promotion of
healthy living.
Currently, the life expectancy in Akwa Ibom State is 54 years after birth. The
doctor: patient ratio is about 1:10,172 while the nurse: patient ration is
1:615. This is a far cry from the World Health Organization (WHO) doctor/nurse:
patient ratio of 1:400 and 1:4 respectively. As at 2001, there were 479 medical
institutions in Akwa Ibom State with a total bed space of 5,240 beds. With a
population of over 3.4 million, this is grossly inadequate.
To nurture and develop a healthy population, if elected as Governor, we will
adopt strategies to jump-start the delivery of an efficient, integrated health
care system and Assist our only tertiary health institution at the University of
Uyo to play the role expected of it in our health delivery system as a
specialist and referral institution.
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Governor Akpabio with deputy governor Engr. Patrick Ekpotu in one of the state's
brand new ambulances |
A fleet of abulances dispatched all over the state for emergency health care
services to citizens |
More health care personell have been recruited, trained, retooled, and empowered
to delivered better health care services |
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Health Projects
- Construction of Specialist Hospital
- Deployment of 6 mobile ambulances
- 65 re-constructed educational and health facilities
- Provided 6 dialysis machines
- Providing Medical Equipment to School of Nursing, Anua
To improve healthcare, the administration donated a dialysis centre with 12
units of dialysis machines to the Federal Medical Centre. He introduced free
medical services for children, pregnant women and senior citizens. He also
rehabilitated several government-owned hospitals and their obsolete equipment
has been replaced with new and sophisticated ones.
In an attempt to uplift the health care delivery standard in the state, the
administration has also has built and donated a dialysis centre with 12 units of
dialysis machines to the Federal Medical Centre, uyo. Free medical services have
been introduced for children, pregnant women and senior citizens while massive
rehabilitation work has been done in several government-owned hospitals, even as
obsolete equipment were replaced with new and sophisticated ones. In addition to
this, the administration last year laid the foundation stone of an ultra modern
specialist hospital at Ekit Itam II.
The hospital is expected to be completed within the next 24 months and when
completed, it will serve as a referral centre for the entire Niger Delta.
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More life saving equipment have been procured to ensure better diagnosis,
treatment, and safer clinical remedies |
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Governor Akpabio promotes health studies with donation of anatomy study tools to
the teaching hospital |
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Model of Akwa Ibom's ultra modern 20th Anniversary specialist hospital |
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Gov. Akpabio pursues his policy of free health care for the aged, children, and pregnant women
with the transformation of health facilities in the state |
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