Members of Ward Development Committees from various communities in Kiyawa local government area of Jigawa state have decried the bad attitude of some health personnel operating in most of the facilities in the area.
The Chairmen of the committee from various communities in the local government disclosed this during a one-day town hall meeting organized by Save the Children International SCI at Federal Government College Kiyawa.
Radio Nigeria reports that the meeting which gave the opportunity for community members to explain challenges bedeviling the facilities in their various communities involved traditional and religious leaders, representatives of state and local government departments, local government chairman and members of Ward Development Committees from where the health facilities are located in Kiyawa.
During the meeting, most of the representatives of communities described the bad attitude of health personnel, inadequate medicines, and dilapidated facilities as a major concern in most of the facilities in the area.
However, some of the participants pointed out that some of the major challenges include shortage of staff, high cost of medicines, inadequate vehicles, late coming of personnel, and low attendance of pregnant women to the facilities for delivery.
Others identified, flood disasters and lack of fences to the facilities which causes a lot of damages to the health facilities in their communities.
Some of the community members per take in the meeting include Kiyawa, Balagu, Shuwarin, Andaza, Tsirma, Garin Malu among many other communities in the local government.
In response, Dr. Abdulkadir Yakubu from the state primary healthcare development agency noted that the present administration in the state is doing its best to improve the health sector.
According to Dr. Yakubu, as part of an effort to address shortages of staff, many midwives were recruited including the recent 36 out of 71 midwives of the Basic Healthcare provision fund program.
He said several training and seminars to health personnel were also organized by the state government aimed to improve their capacity and relationship with their clients at their places of work.
Dr. Yakubu added that over N500,000 was also spent monthly for drivers that convey pregnant women to various facilities for delivery.
In a remark, the state project manager, Save the Children International, Alhaji Abdullahi Magama said, as part of its efforts to save the lives of children and pregnant women, thousands of health equipment were provided to the state including various training to both health workers and other stakeholders for better health delivery in the state.
USMAN MZ, JIGAWA