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RSG To Employ 200 Medical Doctors
Rivers State government says it has concluded arrangement to employ about 200 medical doctors in October that would operate the health centres that have been completed but not functional for lack of doctors.
Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, stated this Friday, during the signing of an annual partnership agreement with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) with the state government at Government House, Port Harcourt.
Governor Amaechi explained that of the 50 model health centres completed, only 10 are functional while the remaining 40 are yet to commence operations for lack of medical doctors to man them.
The Governor stated that corps doctors among those that applied would be engaged in December after their service to the nation while others would commence work immediately.
He said the government has also directed the engagement of new medical consultants since the serving ones are retiring and there is need to replace them to enable the present administration achieve its purpose of improving health services.
The state Chief Executive said “our desire is to take health infrastructure and personnel closer to the grassroots especially those that cannot afford transportation down to Port Harcourt and if you look at the way we structured our health centres, each has an ambulance, a driver and facilities for movement of patients to secondary health institution when the need arises”.
Governor Amaechi explained that having achieved milestone in the primary health sector, the next year would witness improvement of infrastructure in the secondary health institutions.
He assured the UNICEF team that his administration was prepared to fulfill its part of the agreement by releasing the state counterpart funds to facilitate the process of implementation of the partnership.
“The state government would be ready to support any programme that would reduce child and maternal deaths which is critical to us because it would mean an improvement in our health sector.” The governor declared.
The state Chief Executive, told the UNICEF team to work closely with the ministry of health to avoid losing focus and maintaining a coordinated approach to tackling issues.
Earlier, the leader of the team and the Chief of Field Office, UNICEF, Mrs. Pelucy Ntambirweki, said they were happy to renew the relationship which would enable them bring the issue of women and children through a formal partnership agreement.
Mrs Ntambirweki, used the occasion to applaud the state government’s efforts in the promotion of peace and conflict resolution since peace is critical to sustainable development in any society.
The UNICEF Chief of Field Office, lauded the state for maintaining polio-free environment, stressing that the partnership has recorded some achievements in HIV/AIDS particularly in the area of mother to child transmission.
She solicited the governor’s support for the forthcoming child health week and also called for the establishment of institutions that would help facilitate their programmes in the state since it is a focal state in the federation for the next four years.
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