THE Edo State Government says it has expended over N81million in revamping the three health training institutions in the state in the last eight months.
The state Commissioner for Health, Dr Wilson Imongan who briefed newsmen on the state of affairs in his Ministry, lamented that the infrastructures in the State School of Nursing, School of Midwifery and the School of Health Technology, were dilapidated when the Governor, Professor Oserhiemen
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Osunbor, came in but that concerted efforts had been made so far to bring them back to life.
According to the Commissioner, the money was used to
provide borehole and water distribution at the
On the efforts being made to reduce the spiraling cost of drugs and medical treatment in the state hospitals, the Health Commissioner stated that the state government had "repositioned the Essential Drug Programme (EDP) in the state to be better placed as the central source of supply of essential drugs and medical items to all the government owned hospitals and health facilities in the state.
Towards this end, a brand new Nissan Pick-Up was purchased by the HSDP 11 to facilitate the activities of the programme and ensure the monitoring and evaluation of activities in respect of utilisation of the drugs and medical items supplied.
The supply of efficacious drugs by the EDP to all the state government Hospitals under the management of the Board is ongoing and efforts are being made to sustain adequate supply to the entire citizenry of the state," he stated. Dr Imoga added that "only drugs urgently required and not supplied by the EDP are purchased by our hospitals from reputable pharmacy stores and chemists for emergency purposes.
Towards this end, my Ministry approved the following sums
of money to hospitals for the purchase of such emergency drugs. We approved
N100,000 for the