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Financial Institutions Are A Bit Hostile To Health Sector—Dr. Idris

By Joseph Chukwudebe

Many owners of pharmacy are not trained pharmacist.

Speaking at the Lagos State Government Ministry of Health at a (Health 

Sector Partner’s Development Forum) (First General Assembly for 2018) at Sheraton Hotel and Towers, Ikeja, Lagos the honourable commissioner for health Dr. Jide Idris said that financial institutions are a bit to hostile to health sector adding that health sector actually need unimaginable finances to function at full capacities of health care delivery to the citizens most especially the residents of Lagos state.

Speaking further, hon. Commissioner for health Lagos state Dr. Idris said that a medical doctor is not meant to administer drugs to every patient that comes to the hospital adding that is not every patient a medical doctor must counsel as there are many departments in a hospital management.

Speaking further to the participants who were lined up with various classes of health practitioners that the ministry of health, Lagos state has begun a case study of about 44 cases of health insurance scheme which are heavily beneficial to all residents of Lagos state.

Speaking again to the participants at the function suite of Sheraton hotel and Towers, Ikeja, Lagos the amiable hon. Commissioner for health, Dr. Idris said that the ministry of health should distribute the facilities equitably to all the sectors that needed the social health insurance scheme adding that the overwhelming support of the ministry of health Lagos state received from USAID as he further buttressed that lots of people living in Lagos state needed to be enlightened adding that there were a separate funds for attending to emergency cases. And, again the hon. Commissioner for health of the Lagos state

Dr. Idris gladly told the participants that primary health care level would be separated from secondary health care level adding that the roll out time is very much soon. Speaking with iconblazemagazine online the full bright fellow of medical stock Dr. Idris said that the World Health Organisation (WHO) had stipulated that a medical doctor is required to treat only 600 patients per day, but, he noted very painfully that , standards and regulations are not like that in Lagos state and the entire black Africa where a medical doctor sees well over 3,000 patients on daily basis adding that there are brain drain in virtually all sectors of the economy as there are no conducive working environment for medical practitioners as there is capital flight of many of the trained medical practitioners who rushed to the UK,USA,UAE,GERMANY,CANADA,FRANCE etc.

Speaking further with Iconblazemagazine online portal Dr. Idris said every Nigeria has a fundament human right to seek for medical treatment at any medical facilities of his or her choice whether in Nigeria or overseas adding that the president of the federation president Muhammadu Buhari has all unfettered rights to seek for medical treatments where ever he chooses, but, he quickly adduced that if the medical facilities that are available in Nigeria and black Africa are functioning optimally  that there would not be any need for leaders or money bags seeking medical treatment overseas as he pragmatically made a loud statements that health sectors should not be left in the hands of the government adding that there has to be public private collaboration in all ramifications.

Speaking with Iconblazemagazine online portal program. Director, Safe care Pharmacy Access foundation Dr. Ibironke Dada who delivered a thought provoking paper on Lagos State quality policy for the health sector said that they had already demonstrated a pilot scheme in Makoko area of Adekunle Yaba Lagos adding that, there has to be medical check ups yearly by all enrollees and residents of Lagos as she said that there has to be an evidence that the beneficiary lives in Lagos State not somebody coming in from Sango Ota in Ogun State to clinch The dividends of democracy she posited that there has to be medical check up for wellness and general medical examination of the entire anatomy.

Speaking further she said the reason why a medical doctor sees over 3000 patients in Lagos state is as a result of brain drain in the health sector because the medical practitioners  are not properly paid compared to their counterparts in foreign  lands adding that the environment is not conductive for most medical doctors and other health workers as she quickly concurs that health care issues should not be entirely left in the hands of the government as she concurred that the workshop hosted by the ministry of health Lagos State government is timely and all entrancing.

Speaking with IconblazeMagazine online portal Director, family Health and Nutrition Dr. (Mrs.) Folashade Oludara said that the workshop is actually timely, inspiring, alluring, educative and enlightened adding that participants have largely benefited from all excellent papers presented by various pundits as she largely commended the honourable commissioner for health Lagos state Dr. Idris who had contributed his expertise to make the workshop robustive and all that. 

Speaking again with IconblazeMagazine online portal Dr. Oludara said that meeting up the regulation of World Health Organization (WHO) of a medical doctor seeing only 600 patients per day is not achievable because the needed main power and facilities are not available adding that the capital flight of health workers away from Nigeria is alarming and disturbing.

She avers that the federal government and other states government of the federation do really need to work out a workable environment and good packages of salaries and allowances for the health workers and she submitted that if everything is put in place for the betterment of all and sundry that there may be some improvements in the future. She did run down the composition of ministry of health as follows. Honourable commissioner for health. Special adviser on Primary Health Care. Permanent Secretary Ministry of Health. Permanent Secretary Health Sector Care Permanent Secretary Primary Health Care Board. Representation monitors one representation of implement partner. One representation of philanthropist foundation. One representation of organised private sector. Representation of each of the bilateral donor agencies.

Speaking with Iconblaze Magazine online portal the program coordinator at the cancer control of ministry of health lagos state Dr. Abosede Wellington Baid that health sector partners development forum first general assembly for 2018 do really come at a time health workers needed such a workshop thereby throwing more insight into the medical applications as there affect both public and private collaboration efforts. She agree that all professionals of all careers must be adequately cater for by the government so that optimum results could be achieved for the overall good of all and sundry.