The Chief Medical Director of the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Professor Yusuf Dasilva accompanied by the Chairman Medical Advisory Committee (CMAC) of the hospital today joined the routine daily meeting of the Medical team of the Kwara COVID-19 Technical committee in the state at the Ministry of Health.
The operarional meeting which is usually chaired by the Permanent Secretary of the Kwara State Ministry of Health, Dr. Abubakar Ayinla charged the management of the teaching hospital in the state to be on guard to nip any infectious disease as anticipated without jeopardising the overall health of the health workers and other patients who visits the hospital.
The Permament Secretary had earlier commended the state government under the leadership of Mallam AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq for his commitment to the health care of the citizenry. He further explained that he has a formidable medical response team that reports to the Chairman of the COVID-19 technical committee ably led by the Deputy Governor, Mr. Kayode Alabi through the Honourable Commissioner for health Dr Raji Razaq.
Dr. Ayinla further assured the UITH team that the COVID-19 medical team will make all the necessary logistic available to them to ensure suspected cases are promptly screened, tested and samples moved to designated NCDC test centres.
Also speaking, the State Coordinator, World Health Organization, Pharmacist Mustapha Katibi emphasized the importance of synergy between the state based COVID-19 medical team and the UITH which is the tertiary referral centre in the state.
Also in attendance at the meeting was Dr. Shuaib Belgore, the Team Lead for the NCDC in the state who implored the two parties to improve upon their strategies towards ensuring that the ravaging threat of COVID-19 is brought to a halt in the country at large. "This is not a time to blame any institution for the Outbreak and no cause for 'fear' as it is not a death sentence. Solution to the problem should be the key objective with full responsibility by the State.
The Chief Medical Director for University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Professor Yusuf Dasilva commended the State Government for the proactive measures taken to Respond to the Outbreak of this pandemic. He prays the State and the entire nation will work together and find a lasting solution to the deadly virus.
*Falade Gbenga Tayo*
*Press Secretary*
*Ministry of Health
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