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ENUGU TO RECRUIT 400 STAFF FOR PRIMARY HEALTH CARE CENTRES
To strengthen the manpower needs for the functional primary healthcare centres in Enugu, the state government has put plans in motion to recruit about 400 clinical and non-clinical staff to man the centres.
The executive secretary of Enugu State Primary Health Care Development Agency (ENS-PHCDA), Dr. Ifeyinwa Ani-Oaheku had disclosed this.
Ani-Osheku noted that those to be employed will be based on existing man-power gaps identified in PHCs in each of the 17 council areas.
She said the agency and the health ministry had already collated data on the PHC centre equipment and manpower gaps in the 17 council areas in the state.
She said from onset, accurate man-power and other available equipment needs and gaps was identified and duly recorded and now the state government has concluded plans to fill in the man-power gap in each PHC centre.
She said 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 in order to check truancy, those to be recruited would come from communities or council area where the PHC they would work is domiciled.
Ani-Osheku said the Type-2 PHC facilities, being built and well-furnished, would come with accommodation for staff on duty so that issue of truancy or abandonment of facility would never surface again.
She said with all set, PHC centres would deliver quality healthcare service at the doorsteps of the people and ensure that 80 per cent to 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,” he said.
