CHIEF Medical Director (CMD), The Redeemer’s Health Centre, Dr Olumide Ibode, has called on President Bola Tinubu to rise up to the task of caring for the few medical workers left in the country, who are already overworked, adding that only healthy people can help build the economy.
The CMD, who made this call on Wednesday at The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) campground in Ogun State, while addressing the newsmen during the official donation of a sixth dialysis machine jointly presented to the centre by Fempanath Nigeria Limited and Peak of Foods Nigeria Limited, maintained that only healthy people can drive the economy to productivity.
His call followed the total and indefinite strike embarked upon by the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD).
Ibode said, “to get those healthy people, the Federal Government have to invest massively in the health sector in Nigeria.
“So we have hospitals, we have wards being manned by five to six nurses before, now being manned by two nurses or even one nurse. There is an increase in work overload to the medical practitioners and there is a connection between health and the development of the country.
“Health is not cheap, you have to invest massively into health. And when we talk about investment, we’re talking about manpower, material investment and other area is the salary of the health workers.
“So the government should look critically in their demands. Otherwise, even the few ones that are available will find their way out.”
On his part, the Chief Managing Director (CMD) of Fempanath Nigeria Limited and Peakof Foods Nigeria Limited, Olukoyade Olaitan, urged Nigerians to care for their kidneys.
“Fempanath Nigeria Limited and Peakof Foods Nigeria Limited are commercial farmers and agricultural services providers. We are doing this so that more populace can get subsidies in dialysis treatment at the Enoch and Folu Adeboye Dialysis Centre.
“We are calling us to take care of our kidneys because when people lose them, living becomes very expensive. Yes, the increase in the number of young people having kidney problem is connected to certain behaviour and lifestyle issues. One of them is the inability to undergo regular checkup of blood pressure and blood sugar, which are two significant contributors to kidney failure,” he said.
