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Adamawa Government Condemns Poor Healthcare Services

Adamawa Government Condemns Poor Healthcare Services

The Adamawa State Government has shown concern over the poor services rendered by healthcare service providers in the state.

Chairman, Adamawa State Primary Healthcare Development Agency (ADSPHDA), Dr. Sulaiman Bashir, stated this at the inauguration of the Health Provider Accountability and Patient Bill of Rights, on Thursday in Yola.

According to him, patients are treated poorly and without respect by many healthcare providers in the state.

“Healthcare providers have often treated consumers poorly with many not considering it as their responsibility to listen carefully to consumers’ preferences.

“They do not facilitate access to healthcare nor do they offer detailed information nor treat patients with respect.

“Thus, lack of providers' accountability to health may have adverse effects on the quality of healthcare services they provide and ultimately on health outcomes.

“On the other hand, evidence on factors and interventions shaping health provider accountability is thin, for this reason, it is not possible to draw firm conclusions in what works to enhance accountability,” he said.

He said the Patients Bill of Rights entailed health workers as professionals to be answerable for their actions.

“Governor Ahmadu Fintiri has made it categorically that under his leadership, no one will be short-changed or left behind.

“We shall uphold this accountability as a directive and prioritise the provider accountability and patient bill of right project collectively,” he said.

He commended the project partners including the Initiative for Health Accountability (IHAT), International Society for Media in Public Health (ISMPH) and USAID State2State team.

Earlier, the state Commissioner for Health, Professor Abdullahi Isa, said that accountability in healthcare providers and patient bill rights had been enshrined in national health law.

He said that patient rights have been trampled upon for a long time due to ignorance, adding that, “ignorance of patients contributes a lot because they don’t know what should be done to them or how to approach the system itself if their rights are violated.

“And this lack of knowledge has been capitalised by our healthcare providers to abuse the patient right,” he said.

He described the lack of a proper and good rewarding system in the healthcare sector as among the issues affecting the smooth provision of healthcare delivery in the country.

“Journalist has a lot to do in creating awareness about the patient bill of right to educate the community and also to note that healthcare providers equally have their rights to be protected,’’ he said.

 

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