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NLNG completes new infectious disease unit in Rivers State University Teaching Hospital

Muhammad A. Aliyu
By Muhammad A. Aliyu
Published: May 26, 2023
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In a bid to strengthen healthcare services in Rivers State, Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) unveiled a state-of-the-art Infectious Disease Unit (IDU) at the Rivers State University Teaching Hospital (RSUTH) on Thursday.

The newly equipped one-storey building, valued at several million naira, aims to bolster the state’s medical response capabilities, particularly in the face of pandemics such as COVID-19.

NLNG’s Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Philip Mshelbila, represented by Mr. Andy Odeh, the General Manager of External Relations and Sustainable Development, emphasized the company’s long-standing commitment to healthcare delivery.

Dr. Mshelbila underscored NLNG’s Corporate Social Responsibility interventions, with healthcare being one of their four pillars.

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Speaking at the handover ceremony, Mr. Odeh said: “You may all be aware that our upgrade of 6 of the 12 selected University Teaching Hospitals across the country under the Hospital Support Programme has been completed while work is ongoing on the Programme’s second phase. In embarking on the Hospital Support Programme, NLNG aimed to improve the general well-being of Nigerians across the six geo-political zones where these interventions are going on. We also, by this, plan to minimise or reduce medical tourism and save a chunk of revenue and foreign exchange that Nigerians usually spend in other countries.

“Particularly for us in Rivers state, we have every reason to intervene in healthcare facilities and other infrastructure. Nigeria LNG Limited sees itself as a corporate citizen of Rivers State, not just based on our location here, but following the acceptance, love and understanding shown to us by the various governments and people of Rivers State. We do not take this support and friendly environment to do our business without let or hindrance for granted. This explains why we see ourselves as part and parcel of Rivers State and want to contribute in the best possible way to make the state glow.”

He stated further that NLNG was fully committed to its Corporate Social Responsibility programmes anchored on Health, Education, Infrastructure Development and Empowerment and will continue contributing to building a better Nigeria in line with its Vision.

He also called on the RSUTH management to ensure that the new unit and facilities are effectively and judiciously utilised for effective healthcare delivery to benefit the citizenry and urged them to ensure sustainable management of the centre so that it can remain a legacy for future generations.

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The Rivers State Commission for Health, Professor Princewill Chike, commended the Company for the contribution, while acknowledging that there were still opportunities for improvement to bring healthcare delivery at the hospital to top-class. The Chief Medical Director of RSUTH, Dr. Friday Aaron, stated that NLNG made history as the first private organisation to build and equip a facility at the hospital.

The unit was commissioned by the Health Commissioner and Chairman of NLNG’s Board of Directors, Dr. Edmund Daukoru, represented by Chief (Dr.) Franklin Igbado, Technical and Business Advisor to the Chairman.

The Infectious Disease Unit (IDU) is a modern healthcare infrastructure with associated facilities that include isolation wards, a triage station, cohort rooms, operation theatres, emergency operation centres, intensive care units, laboratories, first-floor walkways, and other administrative offices/rooms.

NLNG, a renowned Nigerian company, is jointly owned by four major shareholders: the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (49%), Shell Gas B.V. (25.6%), TotalEnergies Gaz & Electricite Holdings (15%), and Eni International N.A. N. V. S.àr.l (10.4%).

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