The residents of Agura, a satellite town off Ijede area of Ikorodu division have made passionate appeal to both the state and local government to intervene and provide primary health care facilities in their town, and boost the number of medical personnel in the existing center.
Speaking with Ikorodu News recently, a resident of the area, Mrs. Abolade Abike said that as a fast growing town, Agura lacks social amenities like good health centre, and a pharmacy where people could easily procure their drugs. She lamented that after nurses have prescribed drugs for patients, they have to walk several miles before they can buy them.
Another resident who did not want her name in print said that the health center has no residential Doctors and has only one residential nurse, who attends to all cases at night. A nursing mother, who identified her name as Mama Malik, narrating her ordeal at the health center when she was about to deliver, said that only one nurse attended to her during the night because others had already closed for the day. According to her, there was no light at the clinic and no generating set and the only nurse around had to be assisted by her husband.
Speaking with Ikorodu News recently, a resident of the area, Mrs. Abolade Abike said that as a fast growing town, Agura lacks social amenities like good health centre, and a pharmacy where people could easily procure their drugs. She lamented that after nurses have prescribed drugs for patients, they have to walk several miles before they can buy them.
Another resident who did not want her name in print said that the health center has no residential Doctors and has only one residential nurse, who attends to all cases at night. A nursing mother, who identified her name as Mama Malik, narrating her ordeal at the health center when she was about to deliver, said that only one nurse attended to her during the night because others had already closed for the day. According to her, there was no light at the clinic and no generating set and the only nurse around had to be assisted by her husband.
She then urged the government to intervene and provide qualified nurses and a pharmacy to serve the community. In her words: "It is unfair that after going for treatment, one would be told to go outside to buy drugs and the cost of buying these drugs outside is very high."
Aishat Idowu, another resident commended the efforts of the nurses but observed that they needed necessary medical equipment to carry out their duties fully. She said that in most cases, when you go to the centre for treatment, you would be referred to another place which was either Igbogbo or Ijede General Hospital for a test or scan.
Aishat Idowu, another resident commended the efforts of the nurses but observed that they needed necessary medical equipment to carry out their duties fully. She said that in most cases, when you go to the centre for treatment, you would be referred to another place which was either Igbogbo or Ijede General Hospital for a test or scan.
On her part, the chief nursing officer of the center, Mrs. Fatoye, said the nurse are doing their best to treat the people of the community well while the patients are encouraging them to do more by adhering to their advice on health matters. According to her, the clinic gives out drugs but not the essential ones because there is no pharmacy. She appealed for more nursing staff to reduce the workload on the only female residential nurse.
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