Enugu to build 300-bed hospital

The Enugu State Government has announced the plan to construct a 300-bed, ultramodern quaternary health facility to be known as the Enugu International Hospital.

The Commissioner for Health, Prof. Emmanuel Obi, who disclosed this at the weekend, said it was in line with Governor Peter Mbah’s administration’s promise to reverse the flow of medical tourism and position the state as the preferred destination for business, investment, tourism and living.

Addressing reporters, he said: “This means that tomorrow is finally here in the health sector because primary healthcare is being addressed, secondary healthcare is being addressed, tertiary healthcare is also being addressed.

“Now, we are going to add quaternary healthcare to the scope, which simply means that an extension of tertiary care and advanced levels of medicine, which are highly specialised and not widely accessed, are now going to be available in Enugu in no distant time. So, medical tourism will reverse back to our environment.

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“The Enugu International Hospital is going to come up at Rangers Avenue. So, it will be centrally located in Enugu, and will be easily accessible from the international airport.”