Ogun State branch of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has bemoaned the dearth of manpower and poor infrastructure in the state-owned health institutions, saying the development had worsened brain-drain in the health sector.
The state NMA chairman, Dr Abayomi Olajide, who expressed the association’s dissatisfaction, said the health sector had suffered neglect under the current administration in the state.
Olajide said at a press conference held in Abeokuta that the number of medical personnel and facilities in government hospitals were grossly inadequate for the delivery of qualitative healthcare.
According to him, the state has 40 government owned institutions spread across the state geopolitical zones apart from the Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, Sagamu.
He said: “There are five state hospitals, 5 general hospitals, two Hansen’s Centres, five dental centres and four community mental hospitals. In nearly all these institutions, there are abysmally poor infrastructure for the delivery of qualitative care.
“Some of the buildings are not only old but dilapidating and need urgent government attention. There is no good road network to some of the hospitals, thus making it difficult to access qualitative healthcare. Adequate water supply and electricity coverage still remain a mirage in most of the government hospitals.
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