The Nasarawa State House of Assembly has urged Governor Abdullahi Sule to urgently tackle manpower shortages and deteriorating infrastructure on the General Hospital, Nasarawa, warning that the state of affairs is undermining healthcare supply within the space.
The House additionally referred to as on the state authorities to offer important medical gear and services to common hospitals throughout Nasarawa State to enhance entry to high quality healthcare, notably for residents of rural communities.
The Speaker, Dr. Danladi Jatau, introduced the decision throughout plenary in Lafia on Wednesday, following a Matter of Public Interest raised by Hajara Danyaro Ibrahim, representing Nasarawa Central Constituency below the All Progressives Congress, APC.
Jatau urged the governor to direct the Ministry of Health and the Hospitals Management Board to deploy enough numbers of medical doctors, nurses and different related personnel to the facility.
He additionally careworn the necessity to equip common hospitals throughout the state, noting that an efficient healthcare system was important to the wellbeing and improvement of the inhabitants.
“The resolution of the House is to the effect that His Excellency, Engr. Abdullahi Sule, is urged to direct relevant agencies, the Ministry of Health and the Hospitals Management Board, to deploy sufficient manpower, doctors and nurses to General Hospital Nasarawa,” the Speaker stated.
He subsequently directed the Clerk of the House to transmit the decision to the governor for essential motion.
Earlier, Ibrahim painted a grim image of the hospital’s situation, citing insufficient medical personnel, unreliable entry to primary utilities and poorly maintained services.
She disclosed that the hospital reportedly had just one physician and one nurse attending to between 20 and 30 instances at a time, a state of affairs she described as alarming.
“It is unfortunate, we have only one doctor and a nurse attending to 20 or 30 cases at a time. There is no electricity, no water, and the toilets are in bad condition,” she stated.
The lawmaker additional alleged that sufferers and their kin have been typically requested to deliver water from house to be used inside the hospital, describing the expertise as distressing for folks in search of medical care.
Ibrahim stated she had repeatedly raised considerations with the Hospitals Management Board however had but to see significant enhancements. She consequently referred to as on the state authorities to declare a state of emergency on the facility.
“I want the state government to declare a state of emergency in General Hospital Nasarawa. No staff, no electricity, no water, patients bring water from home. The hospital is just a building standing on its own,” she added.
To tackle the staffing disaster, the lawmaker appealed for the deployment of three medical doctors and 10 nurses from Nasarawa Local Government Area to serve within the hospital and cater to the healthcare wants of their neighborhood.
Other lawmakers, together with Yusuf Aliyu Chunbaya and Abel Yakubu Bala, supported the movement and referred to as for pressing intervention to forestall additional deterioration of the hospital and different public well being services throughout the state.
They maintained that the Assembly wouldn’t stay passive whereas common hospitals continued to face challenges able to compromising healthcare supply.
