CHIEF Govt Officer, First Well being Dynamics Power Worldwide Restricted, Professor Temitope Alonge, has described the appraisal of the renovated standing of the 351 major well being care amenities throughout Oyo State as an essential step to additional improve and compete with the renovation of excellent ones, due to this fact, making certain these amenities develop into the primary level of name for well being care, notably on the grassroots.
Alonge, talking on the sideline of an occasion handy over stories on all of the PHCs designated for renovation throughout the state to the Commissioner for Well being, Dr Oluwaserimi Ajetumobi, mentioned the overview was to information perfecting PHCs not performed correctly and additional upgrading these which are purposeful.
He said that the detailed scoping paperwork included not solely photos of the PHCS, each inside and outdoors but in addition their infrastructure, availability of potable water, availability of lodging for workers and performance.
“The idea of that is to permit the federal government to have the ability to make selections on upgrading the PHCs, which is now the precedence of the federal government of Oyo State beneath Omituntun 2.0.
“Not too long ago, the governor made it clear throughout the price range debate that the price range for well being, which ranked second when it comes to funds to be made accessible, was to handle the upgrading of PHCs and the completion of the excellent ones that weren’t performed beneath Omituntun 1.0.
“After all, the improve can be performed in phases, in order that it doesn’t overwhelm the federal government, and no matter errors and errors have been made within the earlier renovation will be improved upon. This isn’t solely to make the PHCs throughout the state vibrant and environment friendly however the first level of name for many healthcare companies.”
Professor Alonge, nonetheless, said that it’s painful that quite a lot of the purposeful PHCs throughout the state have been left underutilised as a result of individuals weren’t conscious of the amenities accessible in them.
“So, the plan is that whereas the upgrading is happening, we are going to develop an app that folks can obtain to know the closest PHC to them to hunt speedy medical consideration for his or her fundamental well being care wants. Gone are the times when PHCs have been considered as well being care supply for the poor or meant just for immunisation functions,” he added.
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