ANAMBRA State is lucky that health indices in the state are on the positive side and this is attributable to the determination of the state government to achieve the health aspects of the Millennium Development Goals by 2015.
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Anambra is one of the few states that experience the frequent outbreak of certain diseases, like cholera epidemic and measles and this is due to proper application of resources in the sector. In fact, the state has not had any case of polio in the past seven years, though the state ministry of health routinely embarks on immunization on regular basis.
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Though the government has rehabilitated the over 200 government- owned health institutions, including the General Hospitals and Primary Healthcare Centers scattered in the rural areas, there is still much to be done. Some of the hospitals rehabilitated by the state government are yet to operate at optimal level because of lack of some necessary equipments.
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In fact, the Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Teaching Hospital started by the present state government has been completed and is in full operation.
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The hospital has also been accredited by Nigerian Medical and Dental Council for the training of medical doctors and specialists.
Wlel let us wait and see if the new governor they are about to elect will sort out all of this. Lack of equipment is always terrible