It was another historic moment on Wednesday as Governor of Osun state, Senator Ademola Jackson Nurudeen Adeleke handed various health equipments procured by Osun Health Insurance Agency to different healthcare providers under the Osun Health Insurance Scheme.
The Governor who was represented by the Secretary to the State Government, Hon. Teslim Igbalaye, presented medical equipment ranging from the Dental Ultrasonic Machine for S&P, Haematocrit Centrifuge, Delivery Couch, Operating Couch, Spectrophotometer, Phototherapy for Neonate, Suctioning machine among others to the health facilities across the State.
The event is an initiative of the Osun Health Insurance Agency, organized to assist Health Care Providers to purchase medical machines and other important equipments and present it to them on credit, while payment back to the agency will be deducted from their monthly capitation in installment.
This programme is part of the plans and programme of the Executive Secretary, Dr. Rasaq Akindele and the management of the Agency to ensure that Health Care Providers deliver qualitative care to the people of the State.
Speaking at the event, Igbalaye said the commissioning of the equipments is a proof of this administration’s commitment to improving the health status of Osun people, both young and old.
He said “I am delighted to be here today as we celebrate the commissioning of these health equipments, a testament to our commitment to the healthcare of men, women and children.
“Over the last one year, without gainsaying, the Osun state health sector under the administration of His Excellency, Senator Ademola Adeleke has continued to experience a complete overhaul. Infact, the comprehensive facelift is totally unprecedented.”
According to the SSG, “The Governor has brought improved healthcare to the doorsteps of our people, especially in the rural area, for both old and young through several programmes including free medical outreach, imole clinics, and a bunch of others with seasoned community health professionals.”
Speaking about the Governors plan to upgrade all health care facilities in the state, Igbalaye extolled the Governor, describing the development as “laudable”.
“I must equally allude to the Governors resolve to revamp and revitalize all the 332 focal health centres across the state, a move to enhance quality, affordable and effective health care delivery to the grassroot.
This comprehensive revitalization includes improving human resources and provisions of basic drugs in all the Primary Health care centres. This is indeed laudable.”
“We will continue to ensure that Osun people have access to quality and affordable healthcare, irrespective of their socio-economic status”, Igbalaye stated.
The beneficiaries include the general hospital, Ilesa, General Hospital, Ejigbo, State hospital, Iwo, among others.
Speaking at the event, Akindele said initiative is to increase the capacity of the medical service providers in order to cater for the new enrollees that include pensioners in the State.
Akindele said, “We want the pensioners to enjoy free health care. The pensioner enrollment,is to help the pensioner have access to free treatment. So we need to ensure healthcare providers have enough equipment to cater for them.”
Speaking on his efforts to bring in development partners, the OSHIA boss said, “we have quite a lot of data, but data will not speak if we don’t convert our data to stories so that we can give these stories to development partners and see where the gaps are and where they can come in to help us.
“Also it should be an institution or an agency that should engage in continuous research so that we can provide solution to human health problems, going by this, the agency set up ethical committee to look into our data that we have and bring out stories that we can tell the whole world about us.”
Present at the event was the Commissioner of Health, Jola Akintola, Chairman of OSHIA Board, Dr Muyiwa Oladimeji, board members, among others.
