Anambra Assembly pass law establishing state varsity Teaching hospital

Anambra State House of Assembly has passed into law, a bill
establishing the Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Teaching
Hospital (COOUTH), Amaku, Awka to provide related services.

The bill which is an executive bill sponsored by state
Government was passed during the plenary, shortly after its
consideration by the House at the Committee of Whole.

The passage of the bill was sequel to consideration of report of
the House Committee on Health on a bill for a law to establish
COOUTH to provide related purposes (Repeal and Re-Enactment),
2019.

The Speaker, Mr. Uchenna Okafor, who presided over the Committee
of the whole as Chairman, led lawmakers through lines, phrases and
clauses contained in the bill that enabled them to make adequate
changes.

The bill was however passed unanimously in plenary by the
lawmakers through voice vote.

The purpose of the bill was to provide for repeal and
re-enactment of the Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Teaching
Hospital Amaku, Awka 2019.

The bill stipulated that the hospital should provide the highest
standards of medical services, training of undergraduate medical
students, post graduate medical doctors, certified and degree
programmes for nurses.

The bill should also research into all aspects of medical and
allied services as well as others.

Also, the bill provided for composition of a Governing Board and
Medical Advisory Committee of the teaching hospital; as well as
qualifications and functions of the management.

The Majority Leader of the House Mr. Nnamdi Okafor explained
that the essence of the bill was to upgrade the facility to a
teaching hospital to world-class standards, so as to meet health
needs of Ndi Anambra.