Dr Charles Kene Ojukwu Donates Medical Equipment in 2026

Dr Charles Kene Ojukwu, a Canada-based medical doctor, donated medical equipment to a primary health centre located at Christ the King Parish in Abatete, Anambra state, to improve maternal and newborn healthcare delivery. This initiative was executed through the Charles Kene Ojukwu Initiative Foundation and included the renovation and repainting of the health centre.

The equipment was blessed on October 11, 2026, by Most Rev. Valerian Maduka Okeke, the Archbishop of Onitsha and Metropolitan of the Onitsha Ecclesiastical Province. The donation comprised a diagnostic ultrasound machine, phototherapy machine, delivery bed, digital fetal Doppler, autoclave machine, suction machine, cardiac monitor, oxygen cylinder with trolley, and nebuliser machine, along with labour and minor surgical equipment.

Ojukwu stated that the equipment would facilitate ultrasound scans for pregnant women and assist healthcare workers in providing essential care for newborns and other patients, aiming to reduce maternal and child mortality in the region.