Ondo State Governor commissions landmark health facility

Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has commissioned a fifty million naira dialysis centre built by the lions club international district 404 A1 at the Akure annex of the university of medical sciences teaching hospital.

At the event, the Governor expressed the hope that with the donation of the facility in the state capital, access to renal care had been enhanced

Reports has it that the dialysis center which is the first of its kind in the state capital has the capacity for over five hundred patients

Addressing the gathering, the district governor of the club, Lion Adekunle Adedipe said All over Nigeria the lions club has carried out several intervention projects to cater for the needs of the people particularly the less privileged.

Adedipe regretted that renal ailments are on the increase

Also, the pioneer district governor of the club, Tokunbo Jegede, who listed several intervention projects of the lions club including community event centre, comprehensive eye centre and motherless babies home among others lauded the district governor for his purposeful leadership.

Governor Akeredolu in his remarks applauded the District Governor for donating the life-saving project to the state government and encouraged other corporate and non governmental organizations to support the effort of government in providing quality health care for the people of the state.

At the event, the Lions Clubs presented an Award of Excellence to the governor in recognition of his support to the completion of the project and other humanitarian services in the state.