The Management of the Rivers State Primary Health Care Management Board, paid a scheduled visit to Khana LGA on the 20th July, 2022. This included a meeting with the LGA Chairman and some members of his team as well as visits to some facilities in the LGA to assess their service provision, structural and functional state.
OUTCOME OF VISIT.
The visit to the council chairman was quite cordial with issues of common interest and challenges deliberated upon. Highlights of the deliberations are as follows:
- The Permanent Secretary of the Board after the introduction of the Board team, informed the Chairman of a finding during a recent programme carried out by the Board in the LGA – The 2021 second quarter Maternal and Child Health Week held in February 2022- where 900 malnourished children were identified. The Chairman in his response assured the Board management that the council will do everything possible to reverse the trend of malnutrition among children in the LGA.
- The LGA Chairman informed the Board of his intention to build more Primary Health Facilities in the LGA, stating that the current number of Primary Health Facilities in the LGA was inadequate and some were wrongly sited. The PS in his response applauded the idea but was of the opinion that consolidation of existing Primary Health facilities in the LGA will be a better way to improve on healthcare delivery in the LGA. This proposal was agreed on by the Chairman who then promised to prioritize 4 Primary Health Facilities for renovation and the PS promised to handle 1 out of the 4.
- The PS requested for the inauguration of the Ward Development Committees and the reactivation of PHC LGA Authority, the Chairman informed the PS that the inauguration of Ward Development Committees had already commenced in the LGA. The Chairman was commended by the PS for this and stated that the necessary training of the Committee members would be arranged.
- The issue of accommodation for the Medical Officer of Health in the LGA was raised by the PS. The LGA Chairman promised to immediately provide accommodation for the MOH in the LGA. This was commended by the PS.
- The discipline of staff of the Primary Health Facilities was of paramount importance to the LGA Chairman and the Board, to this end, the PS gave the assurance that all issues concerning staff discipline will be tackled by the Board and necessary recommendations made to the Chairman for any additional disciplinary measures which need to be taken against erring staff by the council.
- The council Chairman welcomed the visit and promised to collaborate with the Board at ensuring that the health facilities in the LGA function optimally. The council Chairman in his remarks however, reiterated his earlier challenge with insecurity on assumption of office which he said affected the council’s response to other needs in the LGA, having surmounted the challenge relatively, he promised to prioritize Healthcare delivery in the LGA.
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