The Imo State Government, in conjunction with its civil servants, have built an ultra-modern N150m cancer palliative centre where the poor and sick could access healthcare, especially in treatment of all types of cancerous ailments and kidney- related problems.The centre, which was built through three years of deduction of civil servants’ salaries, would be commissioned in November.Briefing journalists yesterday after inspecting the complex located on the outskirts of Owerri, the Director of Imo Foundation, Barrister Ngozi Njoku, disclosed that the construction of the project was made possible by the Imo civil servants whose salaries were deducted over the years for the project.While thanking them for authorising such deductions for the purpose, she disclosed that the complex was built and modeled after the MD Anderson World Cancer Centre in Houston, United States.“The project has cost between N130 and N150m. I owe gratitude to civil servants in the state for their financial contributions to it, by monthly deductions of certain percentage from their salaries,” she said.Njoku disclosed that necessary equipments for the take-off had been shipped, with a hoppe of arrival in the country in November.The treatment complex, known as Imo Foundation Complex, has a premise encompassing 20-bedroom guest house, cancer diagnostic and treatment centre, housing pain therapy, counseling, family support and administrative units and offices.According to her, training programme for the health workers who would handle and operate the equipment is to be undertaken by some foreigners who are expected to treat the cancer and kidney patients.Njoku disclosed that her trip to the United States was for the project, thanking the Governor Rochas Okorocha for giving her the opportunity to serve in that capacity.On the centre’s guest house, she stated that the governor authorised such for the safety of the foreign health personnel who will live there, and for security guarantee. She stressed that the state government would be employing the services of volunteer health workers and officials to ensure that the operation of the centre was not crippled by strikes.“We don’t want a situation of strikes there as there would be no health worker to take care of the patients there,” the director said.According to her, the foundation, being the brainchild of the governor on his assumption of office in 2011, was legalised by a legislative act Many people, she added had benefitted from treatment of kidney transplants in India, which in most cases, costs as much as N6m.

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This is great news,Imo state will become the medical tourist attraction of west Africa soon enough,the governor seems to be thinking and at a relatively good price too,this would definitely 'ave been labelled a multi-billion dollar project if it were in some states & federal level

I can't believe this govt of Imo is still being vituperated by some pple.

nedu2000:
This is great news,Imo state will become the medical tourist attraction of west Africa soon enough,the governor seems to be thinking and at a relatively good price too,this would definitely 'ave been labelled a multi-billion dollar project if it were in some states & federal level

Gradually things are changing unannounced while the media war remains that of lies, deceit and blackmail. When a government works, the victory is for the masses and not political heavyweights.

abagoro:



Gradually things are changing unannounced while the media war remains that of lies, deceit and blackmail. When a government works, the victory is for the masses and not political heavyweights.

I agree with you 100%