Fashola Hands Over Fifth 24-Hour Primary Health Care Centre In Eredo
…Advocates appropriate use of referral system by citizens to optimize facilities

Jun 27, 2013 - Lagos State Governor, Mr Babatunde Fashola (SAN) on Thursday handed over the fifth 24- hour comprehensive Primary Health Care Centre in Eredo, Epe stressing that with the commissioning, the government is laying the solid foundation for a medical care referral system predicated on a robust primary healthcare that goes from primary to secondary and tertiary levels.

The Governor who spoke at Eredo, Epe while handing over the comprehensive centre added that what the present administration seeks to achieve is to build a referral health care system that moves from a robust and intensive grassroots healthcare starting from 24 hour service delivery at the various local governments through to the general hospitals up to the teaching hospital.

"This is the only way we can fully integrate, we can redistribute our assets and optimize them, if we put all our eggs in one basket and everybody heads to Lagos State University Teaching Hospital LASUTH) in Ikeja for every small ailment, the healthcare system will not serve our need".

"A referral system that is aggregated through the primary to the secondary and tertiary level is the model that has succeeded in every part of the world and it is the model that we are committed to applying here to make healthcare a local success here", he explained.

The Governor stated that as the system take roots; there will come a time where no doctor will attend to any patient in the general hospital or in the teaching hospital unless such a person has a referral from the primary healthcare centre

Garri the 1st: What has Delta State Gov. commissioned since 2007??

Eko Oni Baje oooo!!!

Eko Ile:



Or any other village governor in that area apart from Amaechi..

naptu2: We also need massive public enlightenment campaign to get people to use these centres. One major problem we have is that people bypass these centres and go straight to the general hospitals for every little ailment they have, thereby over stretching facilities at the general hospitals.

Garri the 1st: What has Delta State Gov. commissioned since 2007??

Eko Oni Baje oooo!!!

pistol: One direct result of shouting oneself hoarse over any step that fashola takes is that as we continue in this misguided form of hero worship,
We loose focus of the tangible,
and we find ourselves with the crowd and mediocrity finally takes its place.
Mind you am not hating,
But you guys should at least give it some rest.



You guys are loosing the plot,
Every body is becoming fatigued of " fashola hero worship syndrome" you guys are promoting.

ba7man: I'm sure Gov Fashola is way ahead of them but they could also be silent with their own achievements too.

ba7man: I'm sure Gov Fashola is way ahead of them but they could also be silent with their own achievements too.

Garri the 1st:

See one of my oga's silent achievement...

Aderostock: we need to return to regional government where all regions will be competing amongst eachother. so that the likes of Babatunde Fashola will be made or elected as prime minister of south west cos we need him here than the useless centre.
Fashola is too intelligent than all the leaders we have presently in this country. kudos to you sir