The committee also recommends the establishment of renal and neurological departments in the remodeled hospitals. The committee wants the overhauling of Primary Health Centres (PHCs), with Local Governments Councils intensifying awareness to increase residents’ patronage.
Lagos State House of Assembly on Monday adopted recommendations of its Committee on Health Services for the upgrade of some general hospitals to tertiary health institutions. Solaja noted that the committee serves as an important instrument of checks, probity and accountability in legislative institutions at the federal and state levels.
Solaja said Lagos had become a reference point for probity among other states, assuring that the legislature, under the leadership of Speaker Mudashiru Obasa, would not disappoint the electorate. HEALTHLagos Assembly moves to upgrade general hospitals to tertiary health institutions. Chief Whip, Hon. Mojisola Meirada (Apapa 1) made a case for the establishment of renal departments to reduce the pressure on the Gbagada trauma facility.
After different contributions, Obasa called for synergy among general hospitals as well as public enlightenment to make PHCs more functional.
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