Rivers Cottage Hospital Records 250 Baby Deliveries Monthly — Firm
A Health Manager at Renaissance Africa Energy Company Limited, Dr Akinwunmi Fajola, has said that no fewer than 250 babies are delivered monthly, and about 14,000 yearly at Obio Cottage Hospital in Port Harcourt.
Disclosing this to journalists on Monday, Fajola explained that the hospital, funded by Renaissance Energy and its Joint Venture (JV) partners, was established to offer affordable healthcare to the poor.
He further stated that the hospital, established in 2010 in collaboration with the Rivers State Government, provides maternal, neonatal, child, primary and general medical care under the Community Health Insurance Scheme (CHIS).
Quoting him, “Through the CHIS scheme, Obio Cottage Hospital has grown significantly over the years, meeting the health needs of thousands of low-income Nigerians at subsidised rates.
“So far, we record over 250 baby deliveries monthly, and about 14,000 annually – with over 400,000 people having benefitted from the CHIS programme, the highest figure in the Niger Delta region.”
According to the Health Manager, the hospital had recently inaugurated a state-of-the art Electronic Medical Records (EMR) system as part of plans to enhance healthcare efficiency and patient-centred service delivery.
He also stated that the hospital had achieved notable success in preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV.
“We are pleased to report that 99 per cent of babies have been successfully protected from contracting HIV from their mothers. Their parents have HIV, yet they are born without the virus,” he added.
Fajola commended the state government, the company’s partners, and the hospital staff for their commitment in delivering quality healthcare services to the people.
Rivers Cottage Hospital Records 250 Baby Deliveries Monthly — Firm is first published on The Whistler Newspaper
