The Ondo State government has disclosed that 75 per cent of health workers in the state, including students studying medicine and nursing, will receive the professional kits donated by Oluremi Tinubu, wife of President Bola Tinubu.
The state government disclosed this while revealing that the state had received its share of 10,000 professional kits given to the Southwest geo-political zone.
According to the Special Adviser to Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa on Health, Prof. Simidele Odimayo, a total of 1,166 professional kits were received and distributed to the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Primary Health Care Centres, University Teaching Hospitals, and private and public hospitals in the state.
Odimayo, who distributed the kits, stressed that the scrubs and crocs would motivate health workers, among other steps being taken by the state government to enhance the performance of the health sector in the state.
He said: “By giving them these kits and scrubs, they can be better motivated to care for the people. The wife of President Bola Ahmed, Senator Remi Tinubu, brought 10,000 to the southwest zone. And we are distributing the ones that are allocated to Ondo State to all our health facilities across the state.
“The teaching hospital in Ondo, the Specialist Hospital in Akure, the Specialist Hospital in Ondo, the Primary Health Care, and the hospitals in the care of the Hospital Management Board across the state. Even our school of nursing and midwifery; we are distributing to all of them so that we can be sure that they will wear this material.”
Odimayo said Aiyedatiwa has strengthened the Ondo State Drug and Health Commodity Management Agency to be able to buy drugs and distribute them to all health facilities across the state.
“The governor is strengthening the health sector. Over 102 healthcare facilities across all the local governments in the state are currently undergoing revitalisation. You know, provision of accommodation facilities for the health workers, provision of a lighting system, and a solar system so that 24-hour light will be there.
“We are fencing the facilities to protect our facilities, provide water, and do all those things so that we can have the health facilities functional. The Governor is employing health workers; they are being employed. The process is ongoing, involving the employment and replacement of staff.
“The governor has been motivating our staff, enhancing their salary, and making sure their salaries are promptly paid so that we can be able to have a system that is running. So the governor’s commitment to the healthcare services in the state is top-notch, fantastic.”
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