June 16, (THEWILL)- The Cross River State governor, Senator Bassey Otu has said his administration will partner the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, UCTH in providing health insurance services to its citizens.
The governor emphasized that the UCTH will play a key role in his administration’s rejiggered health insurance scheme as the primary provider of tertiary referral services in the state.
Governor Otu made this known in Calabar during a courtesy call on him by the management team of the UCTH led by its Chief Medical Director, Professor Ikpeme Ikpeme.
“We would always try to build partnerships to sustain the tempo of the foundation we are building.
‘We would look at possible areas of collaboration where our people can access healthcare services without incurring financial hardships.
“We are strengthening our health insurance scheme to ensure that UCTH is effectively utilised in providing tertiary referral services for the benefit of Cross Riverians and residents alike,” the governor stated.
The governor pointed out that his administration is doing a lot to strengthen Primary Health Centres (PHCs) and secondary health facilities to cater to the people’s basic health needs while the UCTH handles referrals and more complicated cases.
Speaking earlier, UCTH’s Chief Medical Director, Prof Ikpeme Ikpeme, reassured the state government that UCTH, an 800-bed capacity health facility, remains committed to providing optimum health services to Cross Riverians and Nigerians at large.
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