Mr Muhammad Basirka, Coordinator, Human Rights Network in the state, attributed the poor services at the PHCs to lack of strong political commitment and dearth of man power .
He, therefore, called for formalisation of casual health personnel and volunteers into permanent workers to enhance quality service delivery at the grassroots.
Also, Umar Ali, a resident of Guri, in Guri LGA, lamented that patients from the area travelled for over 200 kilometres to the state capital to access medical services due to lack of health personnel in their communities.
“Pregnant women are the most hit victims in rural communities where they hardly attended to by medical doctors in the centres much less of having the privilege to be treated by a gynaecologist.
“They are often being checked by nurses who in most cases not residing within PHC catchment area,” he said.
A health expert, who pleaded anonymity, noted that the state was lagging behind in quality healthcare service delivery in spite of huge budgetary allocations to sector.
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“The state government is not doing enough in providing the required equipment in its facilities,” he said, adding that lack of manpower, especially doctors and poor services are the major challenges.
