Makinde Promises Completion of 351 Primary Healthcare Centres By 2023

Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has promised to complete no fewer than
351 model primary health centres across the state before the end of
his administration in 2023.

Makinde, who made the promise on Wednesday in Saki town during the
inauguration of the Saki Specialist Hospital, said that one primary
healthcare centre would be built in every ward. He reiterated his
administration’s commitment to improve healthcare facilities in the
state, saying. “quality healthcare delivery is a cardinal objective of
this administration”.

According to him, the Saki Specialist Hospital is to be an
observatory, isolation and treatment centre in support of efforts to
fight the COVID-19 pandemic.

“We also had the long-term goal of ensuring that the centre fits into
our overall plan to improve the healthcare system in the state. “As a
government, we leveraged on the outbreak of Coronavirus to rebuild and
upgrade dilapidated healthcare infrastructures in the state,” he said.

The governor stated that the hospital had a ten-bed Intensive Care
Unit, two state-of-the-Art mechanical ventilators with humidifiers and
patient monitors.

“It also has a 12-bed High Dependency Unit with piped oxygen, 12-bed
female general ward, 12-bed male general ward, an operating theatre
and a recovery room.

“We also have some high-end laboratory equipment capable of aiding
research into infectious diseases. We have a parameter haematology
analyser, clotting profile analyser, autoclave and biosafety cabinet,”
he said.

Makinde said the hospital had been equipped with two diesel generators
to ensure constant electricity supply. He said that the infectious
disease centres built by the state government were the direct results
of his administration’s resolve to improve the healthcare sector.

“The research that will be done at these centres will benefit our
people, the centres will help to reduce the spread of infectious
diseases such as Lassa fever, yellow fever, tuberculosis and others,”
he said.

The governor pledged his government’s resolve to ensure proper
maintenance of the facilities and the employment of qualified health
personnel for effective service delivery.