Kogi State Begins Distribution Of Response Commodities To Hospitals

The Kogi State Government has commenced the distribution of response commodities to the health facilities, particularly the tertiary health institutions and zonal hospitals.

The State Health Commissioner, Dr. Zakari Usman, who inaugurated the exercise in Lokoja, the state capital said it was meant to keep any disease outbreak in the state under control.

He said the beneficiaries of the health facilities included the State Teaching Hospital, the Specialist Hospital, and the five Zonal Hospitals within the three senatorial districts of the state.

The Commissioner noted that the programme was geared toward assuring the populace that the government was committed to providing quality health care services to its people at all times.

Usman enjoined health workers to always watch for emerging incidents of public health threats at their places of work and report same to the Ministry of Health as early as possible.

He said such vigilance would enable the government to mount an appropriate response to safeguard the health of the populace.

The commissioner, however, implored the benefiting facilities to make good use of the items to improve health care delivery services in their hospitals and Kogi State in general.