TWENTY tertiary health institutions in Nigeria made up of Federal Medical Centres, University Teaching Hospitals, and Specialist Hospitals were yesterday described as failures in terms of poor service delivery by SERVICOM, a federal government agency with the sole responsibility of ensuring that public institutions deliver quality service to Nigerians. The Director of SERVICOM, Mr. Ade Obe, disclosed this in Abuja while presenting a recent report on hospital management conduct by SERVICOM to the Health Minister, Professor Adenike Grange.
According to Mr. Obe 44 tertiary healthcare providers in the country out of the total 54 were recently assessed by SERVICOM and none of the institutions got the praiseworthy grade being the highest for optimum performance.
11 of the hospitals assessed were commended for their quality of service. However, Mr. Obe said those in the failure category is too large for a nation that wants to provide quality health to its citizens.
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This article addresses SERVICOM’s recent inspection of health care centers in Nigeria. According to the investigation, zero of forty-four providers that were investigated received a “praiseworthy grade.” This is a concern considering that the Nigerian government has placed an emphasis on affordable quality healthcare. The purpose of this investigation was to determine the areas in which Nigeria was lacking and try to solve the problem. These revelations will be a display of the government’s ability to do as they promised and provide for their citizens as expected.
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