Enugu State Government says it is set to employ
no fewer than 400 clinical and non-clinical staff within its functional Primary Healthcare Centres (PHCs) to strengthen manpower needs.
The Executive Secretary of Enugu State Primary Health Care Development Agency (ENS-PHCDA), Dr Ifeyinwa Ani-Osheku disclosed this in an interview on Thursday in Enugu.
Ani-Osheku noted that those to be employed are based on existing manpower gaps identified in PHCs in each of the 17 council areas of the state.
She said that the agency and the state’s Ministry of Health had already collated data of the PHCs’ equipment and manpower gaps.
She added that the recruitment would involve intake of clinical staff like nurses, midwives and lab scientists, as well as other non-clinical staff such as ward attendants, cleaners, among others.
The executive secretary said that to check truancy, those to be recruited would come from communities or council areas where the PHCs they would work is domiciled.
Ani-Osheku said that the Type-2 PHC facilities built and well-furnished, would come with accommodation for staff on duty, so that the issue of truancy or abandonment of facility would never surface again.
She noted that PHCs would deliver quality healthcare services and ensure 90 per cent of the healthcare burdens of communities are addressed timely.
“We are going to have a digital clocking system for the PHC centres, which will also be viewed in my office here, to enable us know when and how many staff report to work on-the-spot each day.
“This will be done with a digital firm that entered into partnership with the state government on that.
“We are also synergising with community dwellers to get feedback on the condition of service delivery and attitude of staff posted to the PHC centres.
“Within few years, all our 260 Type-2 PHC facilities, built and well-furnished from the scratch, will be ready and with accommodation for staff.
“All PHC centres, as envisioned by Gov. Peter Mbah, will have alternative clean energy supply through solar power, so, the days of no power or facility being dark at night will be over.”
She noted that “Gov. Mbah is currently repositioning PHC centres, knowing that it holds the key to sustaining healthcare ad reaching millions of residents with affordable and timely healthcare in communities.”
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