The Ondo State government, says over 800 health workers have been employed to fill the gap in the health sector in the state in the last one year.
Dr Francis Akanbiemu, Permanent Secretary, State Primary Health Care Development Agency(OSPHCDA), revealed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Akure on Sunday.
Akanbiemu explained that the health workers were recruited in 2021 to ensure effective and quality service delivery at the primary healthcare level.
The permanent secretary, who said that the recruitment cut across all strata of the medical profession, stated that the recruited staff had been deployed to all the health centres across the state.
According to him, Gov. Rotimi Akeredolu has demonstrated in words and actions that the health of the people of the state is of top priority.
Akanbiemu explained that after conducting baseline assessment of PHCs across the state, the governor made provisions for well equipped and standard laboratories in health centres in each of the 18 local government areas of the state.
According to him, the state government has also equipped majority of the basic health centres with life-saving equipment.
He explained that the focus of the government was to ensure that the primary health centres were attractive so that people would patronise them.
According to him, no fewer than 19 health centres have been fully be renovated with one in each local government, while two in Akure South Local Government due to population.
The permanent secretary said the government had equally provided 212 incinerators to ensure proper waste management in the health centres.
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