The Oyo State Commissioner for Health, Dr Oluwaserimi Ajetunmobi, has explained that the policies being implemented by the state government in the health sector have led to the overall improvement of the sector and also helped to mitigate the effects of Japa syndrome by medical professionals.
Ajetunmobi noted that these policies have directly resulted in improved quality of lives for residents of the state, reduction in maternal mortality rates, infant mortality rates, under-5 mortality rates and upgrade of hundreds of health facilities and infrastructure.
The commissioner spoke on Thursday while addressing newsmen at the Governor’s Office Briefing Room during the Omituntun 2.0 Inter-Ministerial Briefing.
He noted that the Seyi Makinde administration had also improved the health sector by recruiting thousands of health professionals and improving their welfare to address medical brain drain.
She listed the other achievements as including improved service delivery and training, enhanced referral linkages between primary, secondary, and tertiary levels, statewide digital integration, and proactive health workforce expansion.
According to her, elevated health access across the state, with the government renovating several other health facilities in the secondary and tertiary health sectors, was another achievement.
Additionally, Ajetunmobi enumerated other feats by the Ministry to include the recruitment of 332 healthcare workers at secondary health facilities, an increase of internship quotas, as well as ongoing data analysis on cardiovascular risk for policy development.
According to her, achievement of Pre-TAS success and initiation of TAS for filariasis-free LGAs, oxygen plant resuscitation and renovation of Accident & Emergency Unit of LAUTECH Teaching Hospital and accreditations for the colleges with an increase in quota of students intake were among the Ministry’s accomplishments.
The Commissioner revealed that the state government also recorded successes with Omituntun Free Medical Mission, which has reached hundreds of thousands of residents and the enrolment of over 121,000 residents, including pensioners, public primary school pupils and persons living with disabilities into the Oyo State Health Insurance Scheme.
Ajetunmobi noted that the Makinde-led administration made a huge mark in the area of primary health care.
