Ekiti Govt Greenlights Renovation and Equipment for 9 Secondary Health Facilities.

Ekiti Govt Greenlights Renovation and Equipment for 9 Secondary Health Facilities.

The Ekiti State Government has approved the renovation of nine (9) Secondary Health Facilities, Government House Clinic, selected buildings at Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital, Hospitals Management Board building, provision and installation of Solar System in the (9) nine Secondary Health Facilities and Hospitals Management Board Building.

The State Commissioner for Information, Rt. Hon. Taiwo Olatunbosun, disclosed this in a statement after the State Executive Council meeting held at the Executive Council Chamber, New Governor’s Office in Ado Ekiti on Tuesday, March 12th, 2024.

Approval was also given for supply and installation of medical equipment to nine (9) general hospitals and government house clinic, Ado-Ekiti.

The statement partly reads: “Ekiti State Government is committed to ensuring wellness and good health of its residents. To ensure this, three key inputs are required, namely: good physical infrastructure, adequate and competent personnel and availability of drugs.

“The needs assessment conducted revealed that although the State has systematically addressed drug availability via the establishment of a Drug Management Agency, renovated 12 Secondary Health Facilities and recently improved health worker compensation. Huge infrastructure deficit at the remaining Secondary Health Care Facilities undermines the Administration’s goal of equitable access to health care.

Exco therefore approved N2,286,681,477.00 for Supply and installation of medical equipment renovation of nine (9) general hospitals.

“The hospitals to benefit from the supply of medical equipment include General Hospital, ljan Ekiti; General Hospital, ljesa-Isu Ekiti; General Hospital, llawe Ekiti; General Hospital, Okemesi Ekiti; General Hospital, Efon-Alaye; General Hospital, Iye Ekiti; General Hospital, Ayede Ekiti; General Hospital, llupeju/Itapa Ekiti; General Hospital, Ifaki Ekiti and the Government House Clinic.

“The facilities to be equipped are General Hospital, Ijan Ekiti; General Hospital, Ijesa-Isu Ekiti; General Hospital, Ilawe Ekiti; General Hospital, Okemesi Ekiti; General Hospital, Efon-Alaye; General Hospital, Iye Ekiti; General Hospital, Ayede Ekiti; General Hospital, Ilupeju/Itapa Ekiti; General Hospital, Ifaki Ekiti; Government House Clinic and EKSUTH.

“Modernization of our secondary health care facilities is a critical phase of a broader agenda to enhance service integration and improve the quality of care provided and received by the residents of Ekiti.

“Our approach to this modernization will focus on improving existing

infrastructure and furnishing the facilities with necessary equipment needed to provide high quality care.”