FG, Coca-Cola launch N4bn partnership for 15 hospitals

A total of $10.8 million has been set aside for hospitals equipment, kits and supplies by Coca-Cola company in partnership with the federal government for 15 major public hospitals recommended by the Federal Ministry of Health across the six geopolitical zones in the country.

The total Conservative value of the hospital items worth over N3.8 billion will be used for the procurement of vital maternal and neonatal medical equipment and supplies to enable safe deliveries and post-delivery emergency cares; training biomedical engineering technicians to improve equipment maintenance and uptime; and reactivating a large stock of abandoned medical equipment wasting away in public hospitals.

The first full consignment, four units of 40-foot shipping containers of medical equipment, have been delivered for the inaugural project at the National Hospital, Abuja. Consignments for Federal Medical Centres in Ebute-Metta and Owerri and the General Hospital, Alimosho, Lagos are scheduled to arrive in the coming weeks while needs assessments are currently ongoing at other approved hospitals to determine their specific requirements.

The equipment was formally handed over at a special event at the National Hospital, Abuja last Friday.

The Chief Medical Director of the National Hospital, Dr. Jafaru Momoh also commented; “We are here today, having received four container loads of equipment and consumables, including facilities that will benefit other departments apart from paediatrics, obstetrics and gynaecology – anaesthesia machines, ICU machines, resuscitators, and ultrasounds. Across the hospital, we have received equipment that will be beneficial to many patients. The equipment are on ground and have been installed.”