Essien made the decision on Tuesday throughout an on-the-spot evaluation of some common hospitals within the state.
The hospitals visited included the Normal Hospital in Onna; Immanuel Hospital in Eket; and the Normal Hospital, Iquita in Oron.
Essien, who’s the Home Committee chairman on well being, lamented that almost all secondary well being amenities within the state are in dire want of extra competent personnel to ship efficient healthcare providers to the individuals, including that the necessity for added workers is urgent, particularly as budgetary provisions are made for it within the 2024 funds.
“I need to use this chance to name on the state authorities to recruit extra well being staff, because the secondary healthcare amenities within the state are in dire want of extra arms to ship efficient healthcare providers to the individuals, as budgetary provisions have been made for this within the authorised 2024 funds,” Essien mentioned.
He known as on docs and nurses within the secondary amenities within the state to reside inside their quarters to render 24-hour providers for efficient service supply, as the federal government has made provisions for employees quarters.
Concerning the difficulty of insufficient subventions raised by the workers, Essien known as on the State Ministry of Well being to think about growing the subventions to hospitals, noting that hospitals generate adequate income for presidency coffers and should be adequately funded.
He charged the Chief Medical Superintendent in every of the hospitals to “be sure that the well being amenities below their care don’t deteriorate,” including that “to whom a lot is given, a lot is anticipated.”
He additionally urged them to implement measures to make sure that obligatory repairs are accomplished promptly to keep away from pointless deterioration of the amenities.
Of their separate responses, the Chief Medical Superintendents of Normal Hospital, Akwa, Onna Native Authorities Space, Francis Inyang; Immanuel Hospital, Eket, Itaketo Ndaeyo; and Normal Hospital, Iquita, Oron, Sabastine Noah, expressed that the medical wants of the persons are of utmost significance to them and that they’re doing their greatest to ship high quality healthcare providers.
They thanked the state authorities for prioritising investments within the well being sector by buying wanted gear and different well being amenities price tens of millions of naira to cater to the well being wants of the individuals.
Nevertheless, they complained of insufficient subventions and a scarcity of well being staff, which, in line with them, slows down the graceful operation of the hospitals. They added that if these wants are addressed, the secondary healthcare amenities will expertise a lift within the high quality of well being providers delivered to the individuals.
