The chief medical director of the federal medical center . Dr Victor Osiatuma has charged members of the public to keep their houses and environment clean in order to reduce the scorge of mosquitoe bite and malaria in the society.
Dr Osiatuma who gave the charge in his office in Asaba in an exclusive interview with journalists, explained that one of the reasons why there are mosquitoes was that the country lies at the tropical zone where rainfall accumulates in uncovered drainages and gutters thereby breeding mosquitoes.
The CMD, pointed out that Nigerians do not know how to make use of Mosquito nets in their homes and expressed bitterness at the attitude of Nigerians towards waste management 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 Victor Osiatuma advised members of the public not to apportion blame on any nurse and other medical personnels 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 running of an hospital requires funds and management had to provide consumables like drugs at a subsidized price.
Dr Osiatuma also explained that some people abuse privileges by not respecting gentle man agreement of given medical treatment and pay later.
He said other problems include bed space which is not always enough for patients which is not the responsibility of hospital attendants because every hospital has a capacity.
Dr. Osiatuma advised members of the public to always exercise patience when de go to the hospital.