Chevron Donates Chest Clinic To Kwali General Hospital

American Oil Major, Chevron and its partners have donated a chest clinic to the general hospital in Kwali area council of the FCT in furtherance to its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).
Inaugurating the facility, the Minister of State for the FCT, Oloye Olajumoke Akinjide said the facility would go a long way to support government’s effort in meeting the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by improving on medicare to the people.
The minister who made reference to information provided by health professionals that one active tuberculosis case in a community could in a year affect 12 people and the cases had been found to be resistant to common drugs said with the clinic in place, government could continually address the spread of the disease. Continue.


She further noted that the spread of the disease and leprosy could further be aggravated by social factors such as low socio-economic status, malnutrition and crowded living conditions.
The minister who was represented by her senior special assistant on administration, Alhaji Yusuf Tsaiyabu noted that the construction and donation of the tuberculosis and leprosy referral centre in the FCT would certainly help to curtail the spread of the disease.
Chairman of Kwali area council, Mr. Ibrahim Daniel appreciated the donation and assured that the facility would be put to good use.
Speaking at the event, representative of Agbami and director Star Deepwater Petroleum, Mr. Jeffrey Ewing said the project was implemented in partnership with the FCT administration who provided the land, permits and manpower, electricity and security.
Ewing who disclosed that 20 chest clinics had so far been built in other communities in Nigeria said four others would be built and commissioned before the end of the year.