Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, has approved the recruitment of 197 medical personnel to boost the human resources and efficient service delivery of the health sector in the state.

This was disclosed via a statement issued by the Public Relations Officer, Kwara Health Management Board, Mrs Halimah Sulu-Gambari, on Sunday.

Sulu-Gambari said the approval included the employment of eight consultants, 23 medical doctors, and 72 nurses with varying specialties.

Quoting the Director-General of the State Hospital Management Board, Mr Sa’ad Aluko, she said the approval also covered three senior registrars, 13 pharmacy technicians, and six pharmacists.

“Others include four medical laboratory scientists, five scientific officers, 20 Community Health Extension Workers (CHEW), 20 Junior CHEW, and 23 hospital attendants.

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“We indeed commend the governor for this timely approval as it will help to replace some of the hands that we have lost to attrition or retirement.

“This also complements the unprecedented infrastructural development we have seen in the health sector.

“Hiring new hands to deploy these machines for the good of the masses completes a great effort of His Excellency to significantly turn around the fortune of this important sector in line with his campaign mantra. We are so grateful,” she said.

Sulu-Gambari added that the medical doctors include dentists to strengthen the new dental centre, while the eight consultants include two anesthetists to man the new Intensive Care Unit.

She stated that the process has since begun, adding that most of the new officers and health workers would be taken from the large pool of professionals in the state who had earlier applied and had been interviewed for the jobs in 2021.

The Star