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COVID-19: Group Inaugurates Technical Committee In C’River

Apparently looking for a solution against the dreaded Coronavirus, the health professionals in Cross River State have inaugurated a technical working committee to help monitor and review protocols as well as standard operating procedures, SOPs, in the state.
The five-man central working committee is headed by Dr Obaji Apket, a Community Health Physician at the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, UCTH, is also made of NMA, AMLSN,PSK, NANNM and MHWUN.
The committee among others has the mandate among others to prevent, access information as well as review protocols and SOPs of state government and various hospitals on COVID-19.
Fielding questions from journalists shortly after the inauguration, the Chairman, Nigeria Medical Association, NMA, Dr Agam Ayuk, said the technical committee was saddled with the responsibility of evaluation
and monitoring the state of preparedness and safety measure in place by hospitals as well as the government.
He said: “The term of reference of the technical committee is to ensure compliance ,monitor and evaluate the level of preparedness and safety measures put in place by different hospitals.
“They will also assess the level of training and make recommendation to Central Working Committee of Health Professionals in tbe state. All these are measure to ensure health workers are are safe, because they
are first line and front line responders.
“Their safety is also paramount which is why we set up the technical committee to make sure Protocol and Standard Operating procedures are adhered to because we too have families.
“We don’t want the public to panic at all, people should maintain hygiene and adhere to social distancing rules and stay safe, the virus is not a death sentence,” he said.
On his part ,the NLC Chairman in the state, Com Ben Ukpebi, said the inauguration of the committee was timely as it is only proactive to do so before any incident was reported in the state.
Ukpebi said the technical Committee Is a good development that will boost our preparedness in terms of effective response and management in case of any reported incident.
By: Friday Nwagbara, Calabar
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