The Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria has urged the Cross River State Government to urgently reverse the concession of health facilities in the state to avoid decay, confusion and intractable legal issues, among others.
The government recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding with four concessionaires for the management of three general hospitals and the provision and management of outdoor signage services.
The health facilities concessioned were General Hospital, Bekwarra, which is to be run by Bakor Hospital Limited; General Hospital, Obudu, taken over by Saint Luke Hospital Consortium; while Meditron-Loba Healthcare Ltd takes pharmacies and clinical diagnostic centres in general hospitals Igoli, Yahe, Okpoma and Sankwala.
However, the Chairman of the Cross River State chapter of PSN, Paul Agbulu, said on Monday in Calabar that the concession would pave the way for sharp practices and avenue for incursions of fake and counterfeit drugs.
Besides, Agbulu said business firms do not have the technical, financial and expertise capacity for training of hospital pharmacists.
He listed some of the repercussions to include obvious challenges in the partnership of international development agencies and government in all conceded hospital units.
The state PSN chairman noted that the current concession of the health facilities, including pharmaceutical and laboratory services, in the state would lead to negative repercussions.
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