Following the deplorable state of some Primary Health Centres in Ogun State, community members have been called on to support the state government in renovating and enhancing healthcare services.
Residents were also encouraged to help alleviate the shortage of health workers by urging their daughters to join the Ogun State School of Nursing's community midwifery program. The groups made the call during a health outreach at Ode-Omi in Ogun Waterside Local Government Area of State on Tuesday.
'We are urging community members to support the health centre through initiatives such as reaching out to indigenous sons and daughters in diaspora for support, encouraging your daughters to enrol for the community midwifery program at the Ogun State School of Nursing to cushion the dearth of health workers. 'We are also calling for community collaboration to gather resources for the health centres', he added. In the same vein, Dr.
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