Kogi state government has completed and upgraded the Zonal Hospital, Idah, into a specialist status to serve as one of the planned Renal Dialysis Centers.
The Commissioner for Health, Dr Saka Haruna Audu, while in a tour of the hospital Thursday in Idah, said the civil work at the zonal hospital had been completed with the commencement of the deployment of the required medical equipment to the hospital.
He added that the hospital which is located in the Eastern Senatorial district of the state, would now serve as one of the five planned Renal Dialysis Centers.
”With great sense of fulfillment, we are happy to inform the general public that civil work at the Zonal Hospital, Idah, has been completed and we have commenced deployment of medical equipment.
”The hospital will now serve as one of the planned Renal Dialysis Centers across the state. This implies that under the leadership of Governor Yahaya Bello, Kogi people will now be able to access services at five different Renal Dialysis Centers across the state”, he said.
He said he was happy over the completion of total overhauling of the facility at the hospital, which was a deviation from the norm that it used to be.
”We will like to use this opportunity to appreciate Governor Yahaya Bello, for his unwavering determination to change the narrative in the provision of quality health care services in Kogi state,” he appreciated the governor.
The commissioner recalled that in 2016 when the current administration took over the mantle of leadership, the state had no dialysis center adding that the state government is currently building two massive Infectious Disease Hospitals in Ajaokuta and Kogi local government areas of the state.
He added that ultra modern referral centre Okene, that is arguably the best hospital in Nigeria is also under construction in addition to revamping the existing health facilities, such as the Specialist Hospital Lokoja, Teaching Hospital Anyigba and the General Hospital Isanlu to provide quality healthcare to the citizens of the state.