{"id":68427,"date":"2023-01-19T09:42:15","date_gmt":"2023-01-19T08:42:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=68427"},"modified":"2023-01-19T12:25:39","modified_gmt":"2023-01-19T11:25:39","slug":"despite-funding-oyo-health-workers-face-challenges-delivering-health-care-during-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/despite-funding-oyo-health-workers-face-challenges-delivering-health-care-during-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Despite Funding, Oyo Health Workers Face Challenges Delivering Health Care During COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">Notwithstanding efforts by the Oyo State Government to reposition primary healthcare through the renovation of primary health centres (PHCs) across the 33 local government in the state, staffs in these centres decried the multiple challenges faced in delivering<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">health care to the people during the emergency period of COVID-19.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">An investigation launched into some of these allegations revealed that, for instance, many of these health workers did not receive relief packages from the government, only got N10,000 as hazard fee up till November last year, forced to vaccinate community people without proper remuneration.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Bukunmi Olowookere (Not real name) one of the health workers at the Apata area explained that the government did not fulfil many of the promises made during the COVID-19 era. She noted that they put their lives on the line to ensure that people are adequately equipped with information about the virus and they were equally active throughout to respond to discovered cases in the state.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cDuring the COVID era, we ensured that residents have access to the COVID-19 vaccination on a weekly basis. We administered the vaccines for free of charge, including the cards and yet I wasn\u2019t given a dime,\u201d she lamented.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Like Olowookere, Mrs. Ayodeji (Not real name), a frontliner health worker in the Samonda area of Ibadan also decried the treatment during the COVID-19 period era in the state. In his PHC, they got materials like a hand sanitizer facility to help patients observe the protocol but yet they didn\u2019t provide further assistance to set up the facility. \u201cThey rot away in our store now.\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Another issue she highlighted was the nature of the mass campaigns on COVID-19 during the era. She mentioned that in the Ibadan North area where she worked throughout, they were subjected to inhumane treatment, adding that they continued to be forced to be active despite the harsh treatment.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cPeople [ health workers] really suffered in all wards. We had 19 teams altogether. We went on three phases of the vaccination exercise forcefully. As a supervisor, I was even responsible for uploading people\u2019s details on the server but till now, we didn\u2019t receive any pay,\u201d he said regrettably.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">According to the research shared by Citizens\u2019 Gavel, a civic tech organisation with headquarters in Ibadan and shared with this platform, PHCs in Oyo state are faced with shortage of trained health workers and during the COVID-19 era relief packages were not evenly distributed. The infographics also showed that the government did not fulfil the promise made to the frontiers workers.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cThere were cases of a shortage of trained health workers, and relief materials (palliative) were not evenly distributed. Even the stipends promised to the frontliners by the government were not paid. At the Oyo State Primary Health Care Board centre, only the senior officers of the facility had access to relief materials (food), while the junior staff were exempted,\u201d Citizens Gavel Report revealed.<\/div>\n<\/p><div data-ad-id=\"32665\" style=\"text-align:center; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px;float:none;\" class=\"afw afw_ad_image afw_ad afwadid-32665  \">\r\n                                                            <div style=\"font-size:10px;text-align:center;color:#cccccc;\">Advertisement<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.accessbankplc.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"auto\" max-width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Banner-1.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n                                                                        \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Notwithstanding efforts by the Oyo State Government to reposition primary healthcare through the renovation of primary health centres (PHCs) across the 33 local government in the state, staffs in these centres decried the multiple challenges faced in delivering health care to the people during the emergency period of COVID-19. 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