About 1,156 people have gained access to reproductive, maternal and child health services at the recently unveiled Maternal and Child Centre (MCC) in Eti-Osa within one month of operations, Akin Abayomi, the Lagos state Commissioner for Health, a professor, has said.
Reviewing the medical services report from the hospital, Abayomi said the statistics of service utilisation from the facility indicated a considerable increase in ante-natal care (ANC) attendance as well as the patronage of reproductive and childcare services such as gynaecology and paediatrics services.
The statistics of service utilisation at the specialised facility for women and children in the last one month showed 162 pregnant women were booked for ante-natal care services, 147 clients have accessed gynaecology services and a total of 346 paediatrics patients have so far been received.
The Eti-Osa MCC also recorded 234 emergency cases in the last one month. During this period also, 75 people were placed on admission while 18 caesarean sessions and seven spontaneous vaginal deliveries were recorded.
“This facility was built with the aim of increasing access to quality health care services and reducing the incidence of maternal and child mortality and morbidity in Eti-Osa local government area and environs. I am elated that through this facility we have been able to make a positive mark in our quest to achieve these goals,” the commissioner said in a statement made available to BusinessDay.
“Suffice it to say that this cheering statistics is in tandem with the present administration’s T.H.E.M.E.S agenda. It also goes to show that the robust maternal and child mortality reduction strategies being implemented by the state government are yielding the desired positive result.”
Commending the growth in attendance and service access at the facility within the period, the commissioner said the centre has been instrumental to widening health access to teeming residents of the states.
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He assured that the state government would continue to maintain the facility and seven other maternal and child centres strategically located across the state to ensure that pregnant women, new-born babies and children in Lagos communities receive the best possible care.
He further urged parents to support the state’s drive to reduce maternal and child deaths by patronising only accredited health facilities and participating in all child survival interventions and programs being carried out by the government.
“We are unshaken in our resolve to attain universal health coverage and ensure that no barrier whatsoever hinders anyone residing in Lagos State from accessing quality health care service. We will leave no stones unturned to achieve this,” the Commissioner said
