Nurses under the auspices of University Graduates of
Nursing Science Association, UGONSA, have warmly extolled Governor Dave Umahi
of Ebonyi State for establishing a virology centre in the State. The
association said that such a gesture is worth more than a million
“independence” gifts for Ebonyians, in particular, and the South-East zone in
general.
Recall that the Honourable Minister of Health, Prof.
Isaac Adewole, on Monday 5th September 2016, commissioned the N350
million ultra-modern South-East virology centre built by Ebonyi State
Government in Abakaliki, with a pledge to partner with the State to ensure the
centre was run effectively and efficiently.
In her “independence day” statement issued in
Abakaliki on Saturday by the Secretary of Ebonyi State Chapter of the
association, Nur. Agbo Gabriel, the association poured encomium on Governor
Umahi, saying that celebrating the 20th birthday of the State with the first
South-East virology centre is one of the finest gestures ever made to the
people of the State and as such shall remain tall through history.
”Viral haemoragic fevers, especially lassa fever,
have been endemic in Ebonyi State and nobody had thought it wise that a
virology centre be established in the State, or at least in any other part of
South-East, if not for the responsive Governor.
”Many lives have been lost in the past to the
herculean task of transporting patients and samples from the State to the then
nearest virology centre in faraway, Irrua, Edo State. With this development,
prompt live-saving diagnosis and treatment is now possible within. We can’t
thank the governor enough, the nurses said.
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