Canada-based physician donates medical gear to Anambra well being centre

A Canada-based medical physician, Dr Charles Kene Ojukwu, has donated medical gear to a main well being centre in Abatete, Anambra state, to enhance maternal and new child healthcare supply.

The intervention, carried out via the Charles Kene Ojukwu Initiative Foundation, additionally included the renovation and repainting of the Primary Health Centre at Christ the King Parish, Abatete.

The gear was blessed on October 11, 2026 by the Archbishop of Onitsha and Metropolitan of the Onitsha Ecclesiastical Province, Most Rev. Valerian Maduka Okeke.

The donated objects embody a diagnostic ultrasound machine, phototherapy machine, supply mattress, digital fetal Doppler, autoclave machine, suction machine, cardiac monitor, oxygen cylinder with trolley and nebuliser machine.

Other objects embody labour and minor surgical gear to help healthcare employees in attending to pregnant ladies, newborns and different sufferers.

Speaking on the intervention, Ojukwu stated the gear would allow pregnant ladies to entry ultrasound scans on the facility and assist healthcare employees present phototherapy for newborns affected by jaundice.

He added that the nebuliser and suction machines would help emergency care, whereas the autoclave would allow the correct sterilisation of medical devices.

The supply mattress and minor surgical gear are additionally anticipated to help midwives in finishing up procedures, together with suturing lacerations and episiotomies.

The intervention is geared toward enhancing entry to important maternal and new child healthcare companies in Abatete and neighbouring communities.

It can also be anticipated to strengthen the capability of the well being centre to supply primary medical companies and contribute to efforts to scale back maternal and youngster mortality within the space.