Cross River State has established a task force to eliminate quack medical practitioners, to safeguard the lives of residents.
With this in place, only qualified professionals will henceforth provide healthcare services, Ekpo Bassey, the special adviser to the governor on health has disclosed.
Furthermore, there is now a Drug and Health Commodity Management Agency, which is responsible for making quality and affordable medicines readily available across the state.
These are some of the reforms initiated by the state government, aimed at improving the medical supply chain, and ensuring that healthcare facilities, especially in rural areas, have uninterrupted access to essential drugs.
Disclosing these during a media chat in Calabar, Bassey, added that “to tackle manpower shortages, the government is actively recruiting doctors, pharmacists, nurses, midwives, laboratory scientists, and other health professionals.
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“These personnel will be deployed to health centers and hospitals across the state to enhance service delivery and ensure that medical facilities operate at full capacity.”
In addition to infrastructure and personnel improvements, the special adviser pointed out that, the present administration is prioritizing the training of healthcare workers.
He said nursing schools across the state are being upgraded to full-fledged colleges, enabling them to award degrees and offer specialized training programs.
He expressed confidence that before the administration’s tenure ends, the state’s healthcare system will undergo significant transformation.
