Main healthcare suppliers, medical consultants and trado-medical delivery attendants drawn from the Irewole/Isokan/Ayedaade Federal Constituency in Osun State, have been urged to make sure thorough diagnostic investigations of their sufferers earlier than remedy.
This was disclosed on the third biennial convention for major healthcare suppliers and trado-medical delivery attendants within the Federal Constituency, organised by a Medical Radiographer/Sonographer, Adeyemi Adeniji and held in Ikire, Osun State.
A press release by the organiser of the occasion, obtained in Osogbo, Osun State, on Monday, acknowledged that over 200 individuals, starting from conventional delivery attendants, major healthcare suppliers, nurses and medical docs benefited from the convention.
Addressing the individuals, Adeniji acknowledged that the convention which began in 2021, has enhanced the individuals’ capability, as they get uncovered to present traits and growth in medical observe.
“This programme has had a big impression on the normal delivery attendants, well being employees and even the medical docs,” he mentioned.
Talking additional, Adeniji lamented the extent of quackery within the occupation, noting that he established a diagnostic centre in Ikire for folks within the atmosphere to have entry to high quality diagnostic providers.
He additionally decried the destructive impacts of quacks on the medical observe within the communities that made up the Federal Constituency, saying, “There was plenty of quackery, and that prompted me to quote a diagnostic centre in Ikire and Apomu in order that my folks could have entry to high quality diagnostic providers.
“What we now have been doing to deal with the quackery is to make use of this programme to sensitise the well being employees on their job limitations and the scope of observe.”
A useful resource individual on the convention, Dr Samuel Obasade, whereas delivering a paper titled, ‘From signs to efficient remedy: The significance of diagnostic investigations in healthcare observe,’ defined that diagnostic investigations stay essential options of recent medical observe.
“The significance of diagnostic investigations is a part of trendy medication that can not be overemphasised. If you wish to deal with sufferers, you can not underestimate the significance of investigation.
“Most occasions, 70 per cent of what we do for the sufferers can be decided by the investigation. So, it is part of medication that can not be pushed apart,” Obasade, a Common Practitioner, mentioned.
To eradicate quackery within the medical observe, the medical professional referred to as for correct laws and enforcement of legal guidelines by the federal government and the safety businesses.
One of many individuals, Oyetade Aderemi, a nurse, in his remarks, harped on the significance of laboratory investigation within the administration of medical instances, warning in opposition to commencing remedy with out correct medical investigation.
Lack of refresher coaching has been one main situation that always dominates discussions at totally different ranges of coverage making within the nation, with little breakthrough achieved in making certain common coaching for the well being employees within the nation.
However in its efforts to offer good healthcare service supply within the nation, the PUNCH stories in April 2024, that the Nationwide Main Well being Care Improvement Company disclosed plans to coach 120,000 frontline well being employees in built-in service supply this yr.
This was revealed by the Nationwide facilitator of this system, Ahmed Chiroma, throughout a five-day coaching of trainers workshop for Frontline Well being Employees in Zamfara state on medical competencies to enhance well being outcomes.
The workshop was organised by the Zamfara State Main Well being Care Improvement Company and the State Ministry of Well being, in collaboration with the Nationwide Main Well being Care Improvement Company.
