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DR. UDUAGHAN: How a gov is using healthcare to combat poverty

The healthcare sector in Delta State has witnessed a steady and upward boost since Dr. Uduaghan's  inception as the Delta State Governor on May 29, 2007. The progress recorded in the healthcare sector in the past 13 years, especially since 2007, can be described as phenomenon.
Delta State Teaching Hospital, Oghara

The sector witnessed fundamental policy engineering under the  administration of Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan which further enhanced healthcare delivery in the State. Today, Delta stands out as one of the healthcare conscious States in the federation on account of the accessibility of healthcare facilities to its citizens both in the urban and rural areas.

Delta State, pursuant to one of Dr. Uduaghan administration’s three-point agenda of human capital development, was the first among the 36 states of the federation to introduce and successfully implement the free maternal health care and the free rural scheme now being studied for implementation by some other states. This is in keeping with the millenium development goals. Delta State today boasts of six Central Hospitals, one General Hospital each in the 25 local government areas of the State, and comprehensive health centres spread across the states as well as primary health centres in almost every community. It also has a world class Oghara University Teaching Hospital.

To ensure adequate manpower for the sector, government under the Uduaghan administration has established some nursing and midwifery schools as well as schools of health technology across the three senatorial districts of the state.

In icing the cake of its health care policies, the Uduaghan administration introduced the free rural health programme which ensures that health care delivery (men, materials and accessories) are moved from one rural area to another, dispensing quality healthcare service, covering all ailments, including surgeries.
 
Overall, I want to say that Delta State under the watch of Dr. Uduaghan has established herself as a pace setter in the health sector through a sound and people oriented health policy.

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