Health

Peter Obi built and equipped a teaching hospital for the state university, rehabilitated the general hospitals and built primary health centres in most communities.

He also backed the church-owned (mission) hospitals that earlier governments had ignored, with grants, new buildings and ambulances.

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Key figures from the book

Built and equipped a teaching hospital and College of Medicine for Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu University, and got both accredited. Page 151

Rehabilitated 15 general hospitals across the three senatorial zones. Page 151

Built over 120 primary health centres and cottage hospitals. Page 151

Began 10 maternity and child-care centres in remote areas, in collaboration with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (on-going when the book was printed). Page 151 Page 11

Bought and handed over more than 60 ambulances to hospitals. Page 151 Page 171

Opened a cardiac and kidney dialysis centre at Onitsha General Hospital. Page 171

Gave ₦1.385 billion in grants to seven mission hospitals, the largest ₦340 million to Our Lady of Lourdes, Ihiala. Page 215

Anambra won the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's first prize in the South-East for polio immunisation. Page 151