FG to train traditional medical practitioners in clinical diagnosis

Speaking at the 56th National Council on Health holding in Lagos, health minister, Professor Onyebuchi Chukwu, stressed the need for a workable road map in the country’s healthcare sector and the need to deliver and guarantee qualitative healthcare for the people.With reference to the theme Health Sector Now And Beyond 2015, Chukwu said the commitment […]

Speaking at the 56th National Council on Health holding in Lagos, health minister, Professor Onyebuchi Chukwu, stressed the need for a workable road map in the country’s healthcare sector and the need to deliver and guarantee qualitative healthcare for the people.
With reference to the theme Health Sector Now And Beyond 2015, Chukwu said the commitment of the present administration at the national level is to attain global standards and strengthen health institutions at all levels in the country.
He said medical response to emergencies like flooding and victims of violence has made it imperative for the three arms of government to give healthcare sectors its due attention.
 According to him, “Nigeria is home of herbal remedies and home of herbal medicine. We have those that have gone through NAFDAC. So very soon the country will start to export the herbal medicine and boost the economy.”
In his address at the event, Lagos State Governor Babatunde Fashola  said the nation’s healthcare sector needed immediate rejuvenation to be at par with what is obtainable in developed countries of the world.
Declaring the conference open, Fashola said the primary responsibility of any good government is to protect lives and property, pointing out that no government can be said to be committed to the welfare of its people until it gives priority attention to healthcare sector.
“Every state is making intervention in the area of healthcare, in terms of primary, secondary and tertiary healthcare facilities, training and retraining of healthcare personnel and so on, the story is the same. It is the intensity of activity that is perhaps a little different.” he said.