Tiwugi Clinic: One Well being Employee and No Necessities

Tiwugi is a distant group in Gbako Native Authorities Space (LGA) of Niger State. The group’s solely well being clinic offers antenatal, supply, immunisation and group outreach providers, amongst others. Nonetheless, just one well being employee does all these – Abdullahi Haruna the officer accountable for the clinic. Haruna stated he has tried his finest to supply all of the well being providers wanted by group members, however one individual can’t do all of it. Because of this, he’s experiencing excessive burn out.

Haruna revealed that though the constructing is in good situation, the power is lacks important tools, together with beds and a supply sofa. ‘’We lay our sufferers on a mat,’’ he stated, pointing to a room with solely mats on the ground contained in the clinic. He added that the clinic has no supply of water, no useful bathroom, and isn’t linked to electrical energy, which additional hinders supply of 24-hour service. The clinic consistently experiences inventory out of important medication, forcing him to generally prescribe routine treatment for pregnant girls. This, in accordance with Muhammad Umar, a group member, is just not secure as pregnant girls or their husband should journey to Gbako city via the extraordinarily unhealthy roads to get the drugs.

These many challenges have left Tiwugi Clinic incapacitated and the folks of Tiwugi group are unable to entry healthcare with ease. Main healthcare is offered by the native authorities authority via well being facilities, and so forth, they’re staffed by nurses, midwives, group well being officers, well being technicians, group well being. Something much less is a human proper violation.

Tiwugi group members are due to this fact asking for the next

1. Recruitment and deployment of further well being staff to the clinic
2. Provision of apparatus reminiscent of a supply sofa and beds
3. Fixed availability important drugs
4. Provision of a conveyable water supply for the clinic
5. Constructing of satisfactory, gender-equitable bathroom amenities for the clinic