23 doctors in 24 hospitals in Zamfara – Minister

The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, has said that Zamfara State with 24 state hospitals has only 23 doctors managing these health institutions.

This, the minister noted, had been negatively affecting the health care delivery in the state.

He, therefore, argued that state governments need to enter into agreements with the Federal Government so that doctors working in federal establishments across the country could be deployed in state hospitals to assist.

Adewole said this in Abuja on Tuesday during the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the Sokoto State Government and the Federal Government-owned Usman Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital, Sokoto, on Strategic Partnership for the Enhancement of Health Care Delivery in Sokoto State.

He said the agreement was a great feat and was one of the best things that had happened to the nation’s health system.

UCJ, UNILORIN.