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Gov. Obaseki Decries Corruption In State Healthcare System
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- The level of corruption in the healthcare system in the state is alarming and unacceptable.
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Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo has decried the level of corruption in the state’s healthcare system, describing it as a deliberate act to run down the system.
Obaseki, who stated this in Benin. on Sunday, at a town hall meeting with health practitioners in the state, added that the meeting with the doctors, was convened to discuss the way forward for the state’s healthcare system.
“I have seen corruption like never before in the healthcare system.
We have drawn the line; it will no longer be business as usual. It’s left to you to either join us or take a bow honourably,” he said.
Obaseki queried the modality of having just one doctor in Igarra, the headquarters of Akoko Edo Local Government Area of the state, and two in Auchi, while there were more doctors in Benin, doing nothing.
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For the past 10 months now, I have had opportunity of discussing the healthcare system in the state; it is so clear that the system has collapsed.
“I have information to this effect. We have no choice, but to move forward and collectively, we must improve the system and make the people trust the system again.
“We have come to the end of the road of the old order, and now we must chart a new course for a better and improved healthcare system in Edo state,” he said.
Obaseki explained that the need to move the state forward led to the introduction of the Edo Health Insurance Scheme (EDOHIS).
“Every doctor must now account for what they do to justify their salaries; we must be up and doing as some of you earn twice more than me, who is the governor of the state.
The governor also decried the situation where records and data of monthly patients attended to was not readily available.
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