The governor of Lagos state, Babajide Sanwo-Olu says the priority agenda of his administration is to decongest the state healthcare sector within the next four years.
Sanwo-Olu made the assertion at the Scientific Conference/Annual General Meeting of the Association of General and Private Medical Practitioners of Nigeria (AGPMPN) Lagos Chapter, in Lagos.
Sanwo-Olu, represented by the Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, at the conference themed “Who Cares for the Carers: Gaps in the Health Reform Strategies”, said that the state government would strengthen capacity of the Primary Healthcare Centres (PHC) to deliver quality healthcare to the citizens of the state.
The governor said that strengthening PHCs had been identified as the key to bring changes to healthcare delivery in the state, drive development and decongest secondary and tertiary health institutions.
Sanwo-Olu said that there was complete political will to ensure that healthcare delivery in the state was topnotch, and also improve the welfare of medical professionals.
The governor said effective implementation of the plan would stem the tide of medical brain drain and convince health workers to stay behind and contribute to the development of the country’s health sector.
He said that it would integrate technology to deliver quality healthcare to citizens while calling for
