Akinyele PHC, a facility operating at a suboptimal level

Unlike Oko-Oba and Baruwa health centre, Akinyele PHC in Abesan Estate was open for business when THISDAY visited Friday, 14th October, even though just few health workers were on ground to attend to people. But one thing was common to all health facilities visited; they all don’t have doctors manning the facilities.

A nurse who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said apart from not having doctors, they were short of health workers, hence they do not do 24 hours, adding that once its 3pm or latest 4pm they lock up the facility till the next day.

On whether pregnant women access the facility for delivery and ante natal, she said they were lacking a lot of facilities, like drugs and other treatment tools needed for safe delivery and other types of treatment. “Only few women come here for delivery, but during immunisation days, you will find a lot of women here with their children,” she adds.

Ironically, the other two facilities visited by THISDAY had a well built structure, supposedly dedicated to PHC, but Akinyele PHC that was open to the public operates from a dilapidate building with just three rooms built like stores.