Federal Government has concluded arrangements for the establishment of trauma centres in the North East and other areas affected by the Boko Haram crisis to treat victims before the end of this year.
It will also set up healthcare centres/clinics in each of the ward areas of the federation in order to provide healthcare delivery services at the doorstep of the masses.
Minister of Health, Professor Isaac Adewale, disclosed this yesterday when he led other senior health officials on a courtesy call on Governor Kashim Shettima at the Government House in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital.
Professor Adewale said he and his entourage were in the state on the directive of President Muhammadu Buhari as part of Federal Government team to assess the general health system in the North East and how best to restore it back to its lost glory following the deadly activities and destruction caused by Boko Haram.
Responding, Governor Shettima thanked the minister for the visit which he described as timely as his administration has started rebuilding all the communities ravaged by insurgents.
Shettima said virtually all healthcare centres were destroyed by the insurgent, leaving the people of the state to survive at the mercy of God.