Governor Uba Sani has promised that all the 255 Primary Healthcare Centers in Kaduna State will be remodeled and upgraded to Level 2 status as part of his administration’s repair of the health sector.
The governor further promised that the upgraded PHCs will undertake management of uncomplicated diabetes, uncomplicated hypertension, resuscitation of severe asthma and assisted delivery as well as other essential services.
Kaduna Governor revealed this at the flag off of the distribution of free essential drugs and hospital equipment for the entire PHCs in the 23 local governments in Kaduna State, at Kachia town at the weekend.-
The governor also noted that the present 255 Primary Healthcare Centres in Kaduna State are the best in the country, adding that his administration wants Kaduna State to be the leading subnational in healthcare delivery in the country.
“Last Thursday, Kaduna State has emerged the best performing state in Primary Health Care in the North West zone, by the PHC Leadership Challenge in Abuja,” he recalled.
Governor Uba Sani also emphasized that the upgraded PHCs will be digitalized and linked to General Hospitals across the state, in a bid for Kaduna State citizens to have access to healthcare at all levels.
According to the governor, those eligible for free drugs included children from the age of one to five years, pregnant women and the underprivileged.
He further warned against Stealing of the health commodities and equipment, urging traditional rulers, community leaders and health personnel should keep an eye on the items.
However Dr Manzo Maigari, the Chairman of Kachia Local Government, in his welcome address, thanked the Governor for personally attending the occasion and describing him as a son of the soil.
Hajiya Umma .K. Ahmad, the Commissioner of Health, in her remark, said that the distribution of free drugs is a significant milestone in the administration’s efforts to reshape healthcare sector, adding that the distribution of free drugs will also strengthen the Primary Health Care and improve the health sector generally.
