The Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has paid unscheduled visits to some health facilities in the state to monitor compliance with the healthcare palliatives rolled out as part of measures to cushion the harsh economic effects of the fuel subsidy removal.
The governor visited the Island Maternity Hospital on Lagos Island and the General Hospital, Odan, where an elevator tragedy that claimed the life of a medical doctor, Dr Vwaere Diaso, recently happened.
The governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Gboyega Akosile, said in a statement on Monday that Sanwo-Olu was on a mission to monitor compliance with the health palliative scheme he declared across the Lagos State-owned General Hospitals.
The health palliative covers the cost of normal pregnancy delivery, Caesarean Section and antenatal care done in state-owned hospitals.
Akosile said the governor “walked quietly into the hospital’s maternity ward where two expectant mothers were being examined” catching the medical personnel unawares.
He noted that a 37-year-old pregnant woman, Omowunmi Odeyemi, who was on admission during the governor’s visit, confirmed that the hospital was complying with the health palliative by providing free healthcare to her.
At Odan, Sanwo-Olu took an audit of facilities in the 10-storey Doctor’s Quarters where Dr Diaso died in an elevator accident.
“I need to come and see things for myself to know where our intervention is specifically and generally needed,” the governor was quoted as saying.
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