FMC: Yenogoa benefits from First lady benevolence.
Gloria Essien, Abuja
Nigerian first lady, Mrs. Patience Jonathan has taken a step further in her efforts at improving the health indices in Nigeria by donating a dialysis and ultrasound machines to the Federal Medical Centre, Yenogoa, Bayelsa state, southern Nigeria.
The two machines, according to the first lady will aid in proper diagnoses of ailments for adequate treatment.
She said that she was pleased to donate the machine in Bayelsa state, her home state, as a popular saying goes "charity begins at home".
Mrs. Jonathan stressed that the donations were contribution from her Nongovernmental Oganisations, the A-Aruera Reachout Foundation and the Women for Change and Development Initiative.
The first lady also called on other well-meaning Nigerians and NGOs to contribute their widow's might to hospitals across the country to assist them in doing their work.
Change and Development
Noting that with little contributions from different quarters, the Nigerian health sector would be at per with its counterparts worldwide.
The president's wife however advised the Chief Medical Director of the Federal Medical Centre to send his staff on trainings on how to utilise the machines for the good of all.
The Chief Medical Director of the centre, Dr. Ebimitula Etebu, who was visibly excited at the donation, said that the machines would go a long way in saving lives in the state.
He noted that the Federal Medical Centre, Yenogoa, which is a tertiary medical institution, also provides both primary and secondary healthcare as it was located in the heart of the town and close to the people.
Dr. Etebu appreciated the first lady for her continued support to the centre, which he said dates back to when Mrs. Jonathan was the wife of the Deputy Governor of Bayelsa state.
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