By Gboyega Adeoye
The Center for Anti-Corruption and Open Leadership (CACOL) has called for Government’s intervention on the poor state of the healthcare system in the country.
This was as a response to a recent publication that: “Teaching hospitals, state hospitals across the country are fast collapsing following the neglect of the health facilities by the state governors….Buildings in many of the hospitals were in a state of disrepair while the health institutions lacked equipment as well as basic consumables needed to treat patients”.
In view of these, the Executive Chairman of CACOL, Debo Adeniran said that healthcare sector is an important aspect which the government should look into while citizens’ welfare should be paramount to the government.
He noted that the conditions of some of the hospitals were worsened by unhealthy and dirty environment and so called for requisite action to stem the tide.
“It was gathered that, General Hospitals in some states were in short supply of hand gloves, face masks, drip stands, wheelchairs and stationery for recording patients’ complaints. Also some other equipment such as; scanners, endoscopy machines and functional mortuaries were non-existent in many of the hospitals,” he said.
However, it was revealed that most of the state hospitals lacked emergency equipment, ambulance or vehicles, while operating theatres were ill-equipped.
The state hospitals also faced the problems of power and water supply, while in some hospitals; patients were left with no option but to sleep on bare floor due to inadequate bed space.
In conclusion, Adeniran urged the Government to urgently intervene into the healthcare sector before it gets out of hand, stressing that equipment should be made available to avoid inadequacy and inefficiency of workers.
