Presidency workers are sure of good healthcare next year – going by the budget for the State House Medical Centre (SHMC).
In the budget, N1,240,213,993 is voted for the centre, which is open to ONLY those who work and live in the Villa, including the first and second families.
Domestic animals will also have access to good health facilities.
The improvement of facilities, such as the “delivery room, dog training pitch, theatre, slaughter slab etc at the State House Veterinary Clinic, comprising vet laboratory at N4,499,262; provision of materials for the mounted section horse stable/accessories at N5,550,400, will amount to N10,049,662.
Details of the budget show that the “provision of water treatment plant and ancillary works for SHMC, including supply and installation of package water treatment plant to cater for 1,000 people”, will cost N 26,889, 041.
The procurement of State House Veterinary Clinic equipment (x-rays machine, accessories and setting up of radiology section) will cost N20,800,500. Plans are afoot to spend N7,457,719 on spare parts for the SHMC.
The Presidency plans to buy the following hospital equipment for the SHMC:
•Two dialog+ haemodialysis machine with option ABPM (automatic blood pressure measurement and OCM (adimea) at N7,000,000 = N14,000,000;
•Two diapact CRRT, acute dialysis machine at N7,500,000 = N15,000,000;
•One Modula 1 water reverse osmosis system (for up to 10 dialysis machines with pre treatment at N11,850,000;
•Two comfort therapy, dialysis chair at N1,170,000 = N2,340,000;
•Two bed side table for dialysis chair at N195,000 = N390,000;
•Three APC UPS (3kv) at N350,000 = N1,050,000;
•Transportation, installation and handling charges for dialog+ haemodialysis machine = N300,000 and transportation, installation and handling charges for Modula 1 = 455,000.
All these will amount to N43,460,000.
With regards to the central sterilising building for the SHMC, which the budget says “is construction of a building structure covering about 4052m consisting of a number of rooms for sterilisation, storage of associated machines and equipment, N34,478,295 is being proposed to be spent.
The completion of the SHMC extension, which includes the dental department; furnishing and installation of equipment, N300,341,085 is budgetted in the new year.
Two blocks of six two-bedroom flats are to cost N300,341,085.
There are plans for an MRI building and mortuary conversion, which includes the “construction of a building complex for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) consisting of: MRI room, offices, conveniences, medical records, common room, covering a space of 3702m, N54,759,600 has being proposed.
The reconstruction of the rear perimeter fence and provision of new guest house accommodation for the SHMC, which consists of the “extension of the SHMC fence wall to include the area acquired from the military; construction of gate house, reclamation of the area by sand and stone filling, all will cost N38,412,916.
Besides, the rehabilitation of infrastructure consisting of the repair and renovation of network of estate roads, drainage and parking lots covering about 1,800m long and 7,2002m are to cost N203,878,658.
Landscaping, drainage and access roads at SHMC service quarters will cost N50,705,050. For landscaping at the veterinary unit N34,571,624 is voted.
The improvement of the “Villa water supply (additional storage tanks and provision of higher capacity treatment plant) and procurement of water treatment chemicals have N15,361,852 vote.
Some items in the budget were repeated but with different price tags attached. These include the “completion of SHMC extension works, completing the extension works of the dental department; furnishing and installation of equipment”. This is estimated to cost N60,844,000.
Two blocks of six two-bedroom flats for the SHMC are valued at N73,154,869. The provision of MRI building and mortuary conversion: construction of a building complex for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) consisting of: MRI room, offices, conveniences, medical records and common room, covering a space of 3702m are to cost N115,238,749.
Also repeated are the “reconstruction of rear perimeter fence and provision of new guest house accommodation for SHMC: extension of SHMC fence wall to include area acquired from the military; construction of gate house, reclamation of the area by sand and stone filling - N19,206,458.
Also to be provided for the SHMC is a covered car port at the State House Veterinary Clinic at N7,682,583.

Src: The nation online