Why General Hospitals are not doing better in kebbi
From Ahmadu Baba Idris
Birnin Kebbi
The Executive Sercertary, Kebbi State Contributory Healthcare Scheme Dr. Jafaru Mohammed Augie has said that the Primary Healthcare Centers are doing better than the General Hospitals interm of the healthcare services delivery.
Augie, disclosed this yesterday at the two days retreat organised for the media practitioners, NGOs and Unions leaders which was held at Shukura Hotels in Sokoto State adding that the health services rendered by the healthcare center are more critical and better than the General Hospitals in the state and Nigeira at large.
He stated further that the facilities at the rural areas gave the health workers performed a good health services delivery than the General Hospitals.
‘you see the establishment of KECHEMA brought changes at the primary healthcare center which makes some Healthcare Centers are doing better than the General Hospitals in the state’ he added.
He said that the services provided by the primary healthcare center are more stressful and critical than the general hospitals, while the staffs are well trained to ensure the good health services delivery.
”if we talked of matanal mortality the healthcare center are doing better than the General Hospitals and other illness” he said.
Augie who explained that the aim of the workshop is to ensuring effective operationalization of the scheme, create awarenesses as well as to deepen the knowledge and understanding of participants in healthcare financing concepts.
‘anothet objectives is to build the capacity of newly posted staff of KECHEMA on the design elements of a contributory health insurance scheme’ he added.
Augie added that the establishment of the scheme is to protect families from the financial hardship of huge medical bills and also to limit the rise in the cost of health care services.
He therefore, stress the needs that the equitable distribution of health care cost among the different income group maitain high standards of health care delivery service with the scheme.
Also Speaking, the Kebbi State Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) Chairman Comerade Haliru Alhassan applauded the primary healthcare centers in the state adding that the services rendered by the primary healthcare center are more better than the General Hospitals in the state.
“I do received alot of reports from my members at the rural areas how the primary health workers are performing good work by attending to the patients” he commended.
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