Shell, partners renovates flood-ravaged hospital in Rivers

<h2>The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC) and its joint venture partners have renovated the Edagberi Cottage Hospital in Ahoada West Local Government Area of Rivers.</h2>, <p>Commissioner for Health in Rivers described the intervention by SPDC and its partners as a critical move that would change the face of health care delivery in Edagberi community and its environs.</p>, <span>Shell, partners renovate flood-ravaged hospital in Rivers</span>, <p>This is contained in a statement by Mrs Abimbola Essien-Nelson, SPDC’s Media Relations Manager, in Yenagoa. The 20-bed hospital, suffered devastating flood damage in 2012.</p>, <p>SPDC’s Community Health Manager, Dr. Akin Fajola, noted that the close collaboration between the state government, the community leadership and the joint venture partners made the renovation a success.</p>, <p>He therefore called for stronger ties between the community and SPDC for a peaceful environment that would allow for the delivery of social investment projects.</p>, <p>SPDC’s Director and Country Head, Corporate Relations, Igo Weli, who was represented by the Corporate Relations Manager, Evans Krukrubo, called for a sustainability system by the hospital management board. He noted that collaboration with the community to ensure the availability of the facility to serve the people.</p>, <p>“Revamping the hospital is not enough but ensuring that the managers sustain a maintenance culture that keeps the hospital in good service shape at all times,” Weli said.</p>, <p>Earlier, the Commissioner for Health in Rivers, Dr Adaeze Oreh described the intervention by SPDC and its partners as a critical move that would change the face of health care delivery in Edagberi community and its environs.</p>, <p>“Shell and its partners, particularly the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, have proved that they really value their hosts in the scheme of things.</p>, <p>“And for which reason we thank the joint venture for coming to the aid of government to revamp the hospital,” said