Fidson Donates Multimillion-naira Theatre Pharmacy To FMC Asaba

By Isioma Nwabasha

Fidson Healthcare PLC, on Thursday donated a multi-million naira Theatre Pharmacy to Federal Medical Center (FMC), Asaba, Delta state.

At the inauguration of the pharmacy, the  Commercial Director, Mr Ola Ijimakin, said the company made the donation to the facility because of the great job being done there to save lives.

He said that the hospital has done so much in health care for people in the state, and deserved the support.

“FMC Asaba is an institution close to us and it’s doing a great job in this part of the country, we felt we can support that work.

“In talking with them, they chose this project as dear and a priority among other projects listed. It is part of our Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and the project costs tens-of-millions of  naira.

“It is a pharmacy dedicated to the theater with drugs, rest place, offices and all the tools needed to run a theater that is effective,” Ijimakin said.

He said the company would maintain contact to ensure the facility remained updated and to help out when and where necessary.

The FMC Medical Director, Dr Ekeneam Omo lauded Fidson for the execution.

He urged other partners of FMC to emulate Fidson’s CSR and to do more to save lives.

Omo said the project is a partnership that worked , adding that Fidson has opened more space for effective and functional theater pharmacy at the centre.

He said the theater pharmacy had existed but in a very small room, adding that the newly inaugurated one has a bigger space and would give better value to doctors and patients at the facility.

“I feel very excited and happy that we are commissioning a project that is a partnership between FMC Asaba and Fidson.

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“I am happy that Fidson thought it wise to invest in the centre for the health of our patients and I look forward to many other corporate organisations coming to do the same here.

“It is a theater pharmacy, it is next door to the theater; the drugs and commodities going to be sold are drugs that will be used to redeem the theater.

“It will serve the theater and the environs. The advantage of having the pharmacy close to the theater is that doctors and patients can access drugs easily during emergencies.”

On his part, Dr Omonigho John-David, the FMC Director of Finance  lauded Fidson for the gesture while describing the project inauguration as a double celebration.

According to him, the inauguration of the newly reconstructed theater pharmacy coincided with the medical director’s birthday.

“The project is a thing of joy, it will improve healthcare delivery at the hospital. I call it a double celebration because our managing director is also marking his birth anniversary on this date.”(NAN)(www.nannews.ng)

Edited by Ifeanyi Olannye/Chioma Ugboma