Professor Chukwuma Charles Soludo has been urged to replicate the recruitment model he used in the education section in the health sector as well.
This was made known by the Zonal Coordinator, ACOMIN Southeast, and Executive Director, Malaria Eradication and Safe Health Initiative of Nigeria, Prof on Tuesday in a press briefing on COVID-19 Response Mechanism/Resilient and Sustainable System for Health (C19RM/RSSH) Project.
Aribodo decried the lack of medical personnel in health centers across the state citing that there are less than 9 doctors manning over 300 medical facilities in the State.
He called on the Governor Chukwuma Soludo to pay more attention to medical facilities, particularly the PHCs and asked for the employment of more medical personnel to curb shortage of workers across PHCs in the State.
Aribodor also urged residents to always access the health centers, at the same time feel free to make complaints where necessary, assuring the body’s readiness to take up such complaints with government.
He also listed high cost of drugs, lack of staff quarters, deplorable condition of ambulances and lack of drivers during emergencies as other problems facing the facilities.
0
0
