GSK, SCI enhance access to medical oxygen in Jigawa specialist hospital
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By Sola Ogundipe
Towards improving access to medical oxygen and reducing the number of children dying from pneumonia and other illnesses, GlaxoSmithKline, GSK, and Save the Children, SCI, recently donated crucial medical devices valued at N20 million to Rasheed Shekoni Specialist Hospital, Dutse, Jigawa State.
The gesture, it was gathered, is to accelerate the achievement of the Global Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of Pneumonia and Diarrhea and the Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs.
According to Mercy Gichuhi, Country Director, SCI Nigeria, the target is to attain less than 3 child pneumonia deaths per 1,000 births and less than 25 child deaths per 1,000 births by 2030.
The Country Director SCI-Nigeria, Mercy Gichuhi, said that the ultimate aim is to accelerate achievement of the Global Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of Pneumonia and Diarrhea and Sustainable Development Goal targets of less than three child pneumonia deaths per 1,000 births and less than 25 child deaths per 1,000 births by 2030.
The organisation said that it made the donation comprising of a piped Oxygen system, Oxygen Concentrators and Pulse Oximeters worth N20m to support efforts geared at ensuring hospitals and appropriate health facilities in Jigawa State are equipped with functional oxygen delivery systems, readily accessible at the point of use.