The Minister of Health, Professor. Isaac Adewole has urged the Management of the Federal Medical Centre, Gusau in Zamfara State to urgently activate a case finding mission to stem the current outbreak of meningitis in the state.
Adewole gave this directive during his visit to the hospital on Monday and said, “Set up a rapid response team and let them go and find cases.’’
“This is not the time to wait for referrals before you treat. You should go out and search for the cases.” He called on the hospital to assist in strengthening the Primary Health Care system in the state in order to curtail the current meningitis outbreak and future occurrences.
The Minister further recalled the picture of a girl who received treated on the floor in one of the state Primary Health Centres which made the front page of a recent edition of a National Newspaper describing it as unacceptable.
“What I saw in The News Paper is unacceptable. They are human beings and not animals and we must treat them with dignity.”
He promised that the ministry would support the hospital to ensure that Zamfara people access healthcare and also halt unnecessary deaths in the state.
By: Joyce Remi- Babayeju
Nigerian Pilot News
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