In a strategic move towards improving medical services in the state, the Delta State Executive Council (EXCO) has officially approved the transfer of the General Hospital in Otor-Udu to the Federal Ministry of Health for the establishment of a Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Ovwian in Udu LGA of the state.
The Commissioner for Health, Dr. Joseph Onojaeme, who disclosed this during the EXCO meeting, noted that the decision of the Federal Government to establish a Federal Medical Centre at Owvian in Udu Local Government Area, was a healthy and commendable development for the people and residents of Udu and environs.
Dr. Onojaeme said the Exco also approved the procurement and installation of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) machines at Asaba Specialist Hospital, Central Hospital Warri, and the Delta State University Teaching Hospital, Oghara, stressing that with the procurement of these machines, patients would not be referred to other hospitals again.
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