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April 23, 2021 Senate Directs Minister Of Health To Compel All Government Hospitals To Procure Locally Manufactured Syringes

Senate Directs Minister Of Health To Compel All Government Hospitals To Procure Locally Manufactured Syringes

The Senate has directed the Minister of Health, OSAGIE EHANIRE to put together a policy to compel all government hospitals to procure locally manufactured syringes.

The Senate Committee on Health gave the Minister a six-week ultimatum to carry out the directive.

The Committee gave the directive during an interactive meeting with local manufacturers of pharmaceutical products, the Ministers of Health and Trade and Investment as well as the Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC).

The committee is investigating the failure of government agencies to implement the Backward Integration Policy (BIP), on local production of syringes five years after it was validated.

Members of the committee say it is alarming that despite the capacity of local manufacturers to meet the market demands, an estimated 1 billion units of syringes and needles are imported into the country per annum.

 

 

April 9, 2021 NARD Vows To Continue Strike Until FG Concede To It’s Demands

NARD Vows To Continue Strike Until FG Concede To It’s Demands

There seems to be no end to the strike embarked upon by Nigeria Association of Resident Doctors has they have vowed to continue until the federal and state governments concede to its demands.

NARD made its position known in a communiqué issued at the end of a virtual extraordinary National Executive Council, meeting, signed by its President, Dr. UYILAWA OKHUAIHESUYI, in Abuja.

The association said that the NEC had unanimously voted that the ongoing strike that started on April 1, would continue.

He reiterated their commitment to the smooth running of all tertiary institutions in the country, and the provision of specialized healthcare to all Nigerians.

Dr. UYILAWA OKHUAIHESUYI, however said his members need to first of all care for themselves in order to give standard care to our patients.

 

 

 

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