The Adamawa State Government said it expended N495 million on viable health projects to enhance quality healthcare service delivery in the state.

The state Commissioner for Health, Dr Felix Tangwani, said this during an interview in Yola on Thursday.

He said that N170 million was released to the Adamawa Health Insurance Agency and N187 million for procurement of essential drugs.

Mr Tangwani said that N45 million was expended on the upgrade of the Obstetrics and Gynaecology Centre at Specialist Hospital Yola, adding the work had been completed.

The commissioner said that the Ahmadu Fintiri’s administration spent N93 million on procurement of equipment for Demsa and other healthcare facilities across the state.

Mr Tangwani said that these were part of the successes recorded in the health sector by the administration in the last one year.

“Lamurde cottage hospital is also ready for inauguration at a later date. We were able to complete the Obstetric and Gynaecology centre at Specialist Hospital Yola to take care of women and children.

“We also paid a counterpart fund to our development partners and completed a laboratory at the Paediatric unit of Numan General Hospital and Out Patient Department, Mubi General Hospital.

“Health workers are being trained to ensure they provide quality services to the people in the state. The administration also subsidised the high cost of dialysis treatment to ease the suffering of people going to Gombe and other places for treatment,” he said.

He added that the government deployed 10 medical officers and eight pharmacists to combat the outbreak of Lassa fever, measles and cholera in the state.

(NAN)