Only 196 out of 1,045 PHC functional in Cross River
17 April 2024 |
1:30 am
The Cross River State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Egbe Ayuk, has disclosed the state has 196 functional Primary Healthcare Centres (PHC) out of the existing 1,045.
Egbe Ayuk
The Cross River State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Egbe Ayuk, has disclosed the state has 196 functional Primary Healthcare Centres (PHC) out of the existing 1,045.
The Commissioner disclosed this in Calabar during a briefing as part of activities to mark this year’s World Health Day, which has as its theme, ‘My health, my right.’
He said that the functional ones are where patients can go and get medical services, pledging to double this number within the next two years. He said: “We are having challenges. Today, we have 1,045 primary healthcare facilities; but the structural and functional ones are about 196.
“We expect that within the next two years, we will upgrade it to 450 and bring the total number of functional facilities to 600.” He said that the government is aware of the National Basic Healthcare Provision Fund which is assisting states to develop what they have on the ground. He promised that the state government would leverage this and also access funds from the World Bank for its impact programme.
On other challenges within the health sector, which is receiving attention, Ayuk said that it is in the area of personnel. He said that the current administration did not meet up to eight pharmacists in its employ, but disclosed that the number has been doubled.
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