By Omolara Adasofunjo
10 Ambulance points are to be constructed across Ogun State as part of efforts to boost rescue services while the Schools of Nursing and Midwifery will be provided with blocks of hostel rooms and additional classrooms will be constructed for the State Colleges of Nursing to enhance their capacity.
The State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Tomi Coker disclosed this while taking her turn to defend the 2024 budget proposal of the Ministry and its allied agencies at the ongoing budget defence before the State House of Assembly Committee on Finance and Appropriation.
Dr Coker told the House Committee, led by Mr Musefiu Lamidi at the Assembly Complex, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta that the Ministry planned to expend more than 11 billion naira with a revenue target of 135.3 million naira in the next fiscal year.
Also, the Permanent Secretary, State Hospital Management Board, Dr.Olayinka Elemide, renewed the board’s commitment to ensuring effective management of all health facilities in the State to promote the people’s well-being and improve the life span of the residents.
Dr Elemide announced the Board’s proposal to rehabilitate existing Hospitals across the three Senatorial Districts of the State, while expanding community Mental Health Centres and equipping 3 Dental Centres with additional dental laboratories.
He pointed out that the Board had proposed a budget above 12 billion naira with revenue projection put at 400 million naira.
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