Public health is one poignant element of national security and as such, plays the role of monitoring, tracking down and preventing disease outbreaks, as well as ensuring the safety of citizens in the society. Year after year, Nigeria’s healthcare sector have continually suffered different outbreaks and inefficiencies as a result of the complacency of the government at facilitating the health sector with the necessary implements for improvement. In fact, statistics indicate that the healthcare facilities in the country are inefficient compared to Nigeria’s population.
Due to the cumbersome access to quality healthcare and the financial constraints of most citizens have well also affected the outlook of the healthcare system in Nigeria. Reports note that the revenue spent on the health sector by the Nigerian Government was short of the average among every Sub-Saharan countries and this evidently shows the lack of investment by the Nigerian Government. In the face of the underdevelopment and lack of modern health facilities in Nigeria’s healthcare sector, Rivers State have taken significant steps to improving the healthcare system in the state.
Quality control needed to sustain the state’s health system.
One sector that have witnessed significant improvement in Rivers State is the Heath sector. As a result of infrastructural development and governmental investment, the healthcare system in the state has improved massively. Evidently, the Imo State Government have since shown huge interest in the improvement of their health services, as seen in their signing of the Health Protection Programme Bill into law in 2021. The Chairman of Nigeria Medical Association, Rivers State branch, Dr. Ebbi Robinson, whilst appraising the health care delivery in the state, pointed that quality control was an important factor for sustaining the system.
In an exclusive chat with The Tide, Dr. Robinson noted that though Rivers State’s healthcare was above the national average, there was a need to further improve and raise the bar. He indicated that the lack of motivation of the medical personnel was a major problem that was affecting the improvement of the sector. He then suggested the need for strengthening the human resources and welfarism to get efficient services from the doctors.
Shortage of staffs, one challenge for healthcare improvement in Rivers.
He also pointed that allowances, promotion and motivation must be granted to these caregivers when due, to better improve the chances of improvement. Robinson however complained about the shortage of medical personnel and urged the Rivers State Governor to see to the employment of more qualified medical personnel for efficiency in the state’s health services. He added that these grants would help in motivating these personnel and immensely boost their efficiency which will in turn, enhance the improvement of the state’s overall health system.
He praised the Wike administration for providing enough healthcare facilities to meet the population of the state but added that it was necessary for the administration to proficiently employ more manpower for the efficient functionality of these healthcare facilities and and delivery of health services to the people. On the issue of disease burden in the state, the NMA Rivers State Chairman noted that malaria and high blood pressure were the top concerns in the state.
With healing, a gradual process. people must be patient with caregivers.
Dr. Robinson blamed these on the immense stress caused by the economic deficiency. He then urged the people to stop patronizing quacks and put their health first. He also stated that the people must learn to be patient with medical personnel, as healing was a gradual process. He noted that people were working harder than their normal configuration due to the bad economic state and this reality was remotely affecting g the health of most people.
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Quality control, key to health insurance – Rivers State healthcare delivery now above the national average. – Express your point of view.
There is need to have a quality control which will help to manage our health insurance. It must be controlled in maximum effects so as to enhance our health insurance.
Quality control, key to health insurance. Very necessary to have good quality control of disease in order to ensure the safety of citizens in the society. Government need and most make sure that all our help receive good facilities. Health is wealth
A good quality control key to health insurance if there is a good quality control will help to mange and tackle disease to keep people and the country safe
The govt of the state should ensure everything that needs to be done to improve the heath sector of the state. Be it allowances, promotion,motivation the need to be granted be granted for better chances of improvement.
The perspective of the healthcare system in Nigeria has also been impacted by the difficult access to high-quality treatment and the financial limitations of the majority of individuals. There is a need for a flexible policy or measure to enable adequate access to quality healthcare.
In order to ensure the well-being of its population and to forestall the spread of disease, public health is an essential part of national security.
The prognosis for Nigeria’s healthcare system has been negatively impacted by the difficulty in obtaining high-quality treatment and the budgetary limitations faced by the majority of population.
Lots of problems are facing the Nigeria health sector and which didn’t allow the sector to grow well and perform ultimately to the benefit of the citizens.The most important is not availability of the health facility which can cater urgent need of the citizens.
Constant disease outbreaks and ineffectiveness in Nigeria’s healthcare system may be traced back to the government’s failure to provide the healthcare system with the tools it needs to thrive.
A reliable quality control system is essential to health insurance. If there is enough quality control, it will be easier to manage and eliminate diseases, which will serve to keep both the population and the nation safe.
Spending on healthcare in Nigeria lags well behind the rest of Sub-Saharan Africa, indicating a lack of political will on the part of the federal government.
Significant progress has been made in the quality of the state’s healthcare system as a direct result of both the growth of the state’s healthcare infrastructure and the investment of state funds.
Because of the poor situation of the economy, people were working even harder than they normally did, and the fact that they were doing so was indirectly hurting the health of the majority of people.
Since recovery is a gradual process, patients and their families need to learn to be patient with medical professionals.
The perspective of the healthcare system in Nigeria has also been impacted by the difficult access to high-quality treatment and the financial limitations of the majority of individuals.
Dr Robinson has strike the point, the River State shouldn’t think they have arrived but try to remunerated the caregivers appropriately with their allowance etc., and thrive to improve the health facilities more than this.
As rightly pointed out by Dr Robinson, caregivers needs to be motivated by making sure that the are will remunerated. For River State to get the best from their health care workers they need to make what their will need to be efficient at work.