Blessing Ibunge in Port Harcourt
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, yesterday inaugurated the remodelled and fully furnished 105-bed Omoku Zonal Hospital in Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area, reaffirming his administration’s commitment to providing quality and accessible healthcare across the state.
Fubara, who spoke at the inauguration ceremony, said his administration places a premium on healthcare because unlike lost wealth that could be recovered, lost health was difficult to regain.
“If you lose wealth, you have lost nothing, because so long as you’re alive, opportunity might come back and you might gain what you have lost. If you lose your health, you have lost something. It’s not an easy thing to regain lost health,” he said.
The governor described healthcare, alongside the protection of lives and property and provision of essential services, as a fundamental responsibility of the government.
