Gov Otu to prove health services
By Idongesit Inyang
Cross River State Governor, Senator Bassey Edet Otu has granted express approval for the mobilisation of manpower to strengthen the ailing service delivery and reinvigorate services in government health facilities.
He has also directed the improvement of conditions of service for health workers, especially for those in the rural areas of the State.
The directive is coming on the heel of the recent loss of a pregnant woman under labour at the Obanliku General Hospital; a tragedy the State Government described as “avoidable.”
Speaking through the state Commissioner for health, Dr Henry Egbe Ayuk, the governor, who expressed his heartfelt condolences to the bereaved family and people of Obanliku Local Government Area, promised to “provide and support services at the General Hospital to avert future occurrences.”
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The governor, ordered the ministry of health to immediately set up a Committee on Cost Implementation of such intervention to align with present administration’s policy thrust in the health sector.
He charged that the committee should expedite and reinforce the health sector which he said has gone down the heel in recent years.
Restating the present administration’s high premium for the health of its citizens, Otu, posited that the ‘People First’ agenda for the health sector is to see that no one is deprived of medical attention or dies out of lack of healthcare services in Cross River State.
The governor sued for patience as his administration is not resting on its oars to ensuring that healthcare services become more available, accessible and affordable to all residents of the State.
