CLEAN ENVIRONMENT, SURE WAY TO REDUCE MOSQUITO BITE-FMC, ASABA CMD
The Chief Medical Director, Federal Medical Center (FMC), Asaba, Delta State, Dr. Victor Osiatuma has charged members of the public to keep their houses and environment clean and healthy in order to reduce the scourge of mosquito bite and malaria in the society.
Dr. Osiatuma, who gave the charge in Asaba in an exclusive interview with journalists at the weekend, explained that one of the reasons why mosquitoes are prevalent was that the country lies at the tropical zone where rainfall accumulates in uncovered drainages and gutters thereby breeding mosquitoes in the environment.
The CMD pointed out that Nigerians have overtime refused to make use of treated Mosquito nets in their homes and expressed disaffection with the attitude of most Nigerians toward waste management and proper hygiene in their homes.
On the negative attitude of some nurses and medical staff in hospitals, demanding money before commencement of medical treatment of patients who are in critical condition, Dr. Osiatuma advised members of the public not to apportion blame on any nurse and other medical personnel because they are in a very stressful condition of duty.
He said as far as they are under management instructions, the rules had to be followed, stressing that operating a hospital or medical facility requires enormous funds while management had to provide consumables like drugs at a subsidized price.
Dr. Osiatuma further explained that some people had abused privileges by failing to respect gentleman agreement of receiving medical treatment and pay later.
He said other problems include bed space which is not always enough for patients and cannot be blamed on the hospital attendants, noting that every hospital has carrying capacity and advised members of the public to always exercise patience whenever they are in the hospital.
