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Ugwuanyi reiterates commitment to quality healthcare

By Lawrence Njoku, Enugu
05 August 2017   |   5:13 am
Enugu state governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi has reiterated the commitment of his administration towards providing qualitative, affordable and accessible healthcare to the people of the state and to make the state a choice destination for medical treatment in the country.

Enugu State Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi welcoming the Minister of State for Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, during the latter’s courtesy visit at the Government House, Enugu…yesterday

Enugu state governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi has reiterated the commitment of his administration towards providing qualitative, affordable and accessible healthcare to the people of the state and to make the state a choice destination for medical treatment in the country.

He spoke when the Minister of State for Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, visited him in Enugu, noting that he would work to improve healthcare delivery in the state “particularly through the maintenance of strategic cooperation and collaboration with Federal Health Institutions and facilities in the state”.

He promised that his administration would continue to promote and lend firm support to the efforts by the federal government to upgrade the equipment and facilities as well as the services available in the affected institutions.

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