Gov Obi Lauds MTN Foundation

Mr. Peter Obi, executive Governor of Anambra State, has officially commissioned a state-of-the-art haemodialysis centre donated to the General Hospital, Onitsha, by the MTN Nigeria Foundation (MTNF). The new Heamodialysis Centre, the only one of its kind in a public hospital in the environs was provided under the MTNF Medical Support Project, introduced last year by the foundation to assist in providing critical infrastructure in public hospitals across the country.
“It has been the vision of the state to bring affordable and quality healthcare services closer to the people, especially in the areas of dreaded diseases like cancer, kidney and heart failure. To achieve this, the state established a Breast, Kidney and Heart centre in General Hospital, Onitsha. We are grateful to MTN Foundation for equipping the Kidney dialysis unit, which will go a long way in reducing the increasing cases of renal failure and other kidney diseases” said Governor Obi.
“We are extremely delighted to see the manifestation of the partnership between MTN Foundation and the government of Anambra State in achieving the Millennium Development Goals especially in the areas of health and poverty alleviation in the state. “We are indeed very happy to provide this facility for the use of the people of Anambra State and its environs,” declared Mr. Wale Goodluck, director MTN Foundation, and Corporate Services Executive of MTN Nigeria.
Also speaking at the event, Prof. Amobi Ilika, Commissioner for Health, expressed appreciation to the MTN Foundation for funding and equipping the renal unit. He urged other corporate bodies to emulate this gesture by the MTN Foundation.
Present at the commissioning ceremony were Mr. Dennis Okoro, Director, MTN Foundation, Dr. Kay Onyechi, Commissioner for Education, Anambra State, Dr. A.K. Onyeri, CMD, General Hospital Onitsha, Dr. C.K Ijoma, President, Nigerian Association of Nephrology, Ms. Nonny Ugboma, Executive Director, MTN Foundation and a host of other dignitaries.
The same facility will be commissioned soon in General Hospital, Alimosho, Lagos State, University of Ado Ekiti Teaching Hospital, Ekiti State; Federal Medical Centre, Owerri, Imo State; Benue State University Teaching Hospital, Benue State; Federal Medical Centre, Yola, Adamawa State; Braithwaite Memorial Specialist Hospital, Port Harcourt, Rivers State; General Hospital, Calabar, Cross River State; General Hospital, Yauri, Kebbi State; Specialist Hospital, Sokoto.
Under the same MTN Foundation Medical Support Project, the Foundation is also providing mammography centres in another six public hospitals across the country to enable the womenfolk screen for breast cancer. Mr. Goodluck said the mammography centres will equally be commissioned for public use as soon as the installation process is concluded.