Governor Ihedioha has disclosed plans to upgrade the General Hospitals in Orlu, Okigwe, Aboh Mbaise, and Awo Omamma Council areas into the status of specialist hospitals in specific areas of medical specialization.
The Governor stated this at the inauguration of the visitation panels to Imo State University, Imo State Teaching Hospital, Imo State Polytechnic, and the Board Imo State Hospitals Management, held at Expanded Executive Council Chambers, Government House, Owerri on Wednesday.
He said the constitution of the panels was neither to probe nor witch-hunt anybody but a necessity to enhance the quality of education and health care delivery as well as ensure overall growth and development of the state.
He said, “at the inception of this administration, we were inundated with a plethora of complaints on the education sector in the state, especially at the tertiary level.
And as a responsive government, we felt that we would be abdicating our obligation to the people if we do not look into these complaints. “For these reasons, we deemed it necessary to respond to these hues and cries by looking into the operations of these critical institutions.”
