The Ogun State Government, on Tuesday, vowed to revolutionise its health system to enhance provision of qualitative health care delivery to the people of the state.
The Commissioner for Health, Dr. Olaokun Soyinka, stated this while declaring open a three-day free medical and surgical mission organised by the State Hospitals Management Board, in collaboration with a United States-based non-governmental organisation, Mercy Said No, at the State Hospital, Isara-Remo.
Soyinka said the free medical and surgical mission was brought to Isara as part of the fulfilment of government’s promise to take health care delivery to all the nooks and crannies of the state.
He urged the people to avail themselves of the free medical and surgical treatment.
The health commissioner, who was represented by the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Health, Dr. Olaolu Lawson, also noted that “hundreds of health workers consisting of medical and non-medical personnel were recently recruited to facilitate better health care delivery.”
He enjoined the public to embrace the Community-Based Health Insurance Scheme by contributing a token as premium in order to enjoy qualitative service.
Earlier in her address, the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Health Administration, Mrs. Foluke Bello, described the free treatment as another approach of the administration to bring dividends of democracy to the the people.
In her remarks, the Permanent Secretary, Hospitals Management Board, Dr. Oyin Sodipe, charged the people of Isara-Remo and its environs to mobilise other members of their community for the free treatment.
Also speaking, a representative of Mercy Said No, Mrs. Olamide Lawson, lauded the government for its mission to rebuild the state, saying that was one of the reasons her group decided to partner with the state.