Philanthropist donates medical equipment worth N20m to Enugu Govt

The  Managing Director/CEO, Omed Surgicals Limited,  Okwudili Ani, has donated medical equipment worth over N20 million to the Enugu State Hospital Management System.
Equipment donated include beds, mattresses, theatre gowns, oxygen cylinders, electronic suction machines, big oxygen carriers, arlery forcep and wheel chairs, among others.
Ani, an Enugu indigene and a philanthropist, said the donation was his own contribution to the improvement of health sector in the state.
He added that it was also a complement to Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi’s stride in improving health care service in the state. 
“I am of the conviction that health is wealth and that is my greatest motivation in doing this. I want to support the administration of Governor Ugwuanyi particularly in the health sector.”, he said.
Receiving the equipment at Poly General hospital, Asata, Enugu, Commissioner for Health, Dr. Fintan Ekochin, reiterated the state government’s commitment to making the state a choice destination for medical tourism.
He described the gesture as remarkable.
Ekochin assured that the state government would employ more qualified hands to utilise the equipment in the designated Poly General hospital. 
Speaking, the Chief Medical Director of the hospital, Dr. Chinelo Aniaku, recalled that  Poly General Hospital formally known as Poly Clinic, was one of the oldest clinics in the state that has transformed into a general hospital.
She said: “This clinic gained its popularity from safe child delivery and subsidised Medi-care, which is why  good  number of pregnant women visit the hospital on daily basis but have had to make do with little space and a few available equipment outside the hospital.
She went further to say that, “Today, the narrative has changed with the renovation of the old and construction of a new building for the comfort of patients and various hospital equipments. This donation is in support to state government’s determination to improve the health sector and the Commissioner for Health has assured of more trained hands to man the equipment.”