In 2020, the Kwara State Government renovated four primary healthcare centres (PHCs) in different communities at a total cost of over N117 million.
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In 2020, the Kwara State Government renovated four primary healthcare centres in different communities at a total cost of more than N117 million.Three firms executed the contracts. Akatech Construction Limited renovated PHC Gwanara Baruten LGA for ₦33,365,768 and PHC Kosubosu in Baruten LGA for ₦39,147,622; Dwa Construction Company Nigeria Limited renovated the Isanlu Isin Health Centre in Isin LGA for ₦11,153,246.
“We are now referring our patients to Omu-Aran General Hospital . The facilities are there, but without qualified and adequate personnel, the machines and the tools are useless,” the nurse said.On Monday, May 27, Children’s Day, around noon, this reporter visited the PHC in Gwanara, a district in Baruten Local Government Area of Kwara State.Following its renovation in 2020, the facility and medical equipment still appeared new.
“We are facing two major challenges here. We don’t have a qualified medical doctor and there is no electricity to pump water,” he said. She also confirmed our findings that the General Hospital in Okuta has only two doctors, but said five nurses, one pharmacist, two pharmacy technicians, four laboratory technicians, and three health attendants are also on the hospital’s staff list.
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