Happening Now: Health Minister submits self before Senate

The Minister of Health Professor Isaac Adewole is currently at the Red Chambers briefing the Senate about the current state of healthcare facilities and services in the nation’s teaching hospitals.

This follows a resolution of the Senate last week to invite the minister over a motion querying the state of the nation’s teaching hospitals

The motion sponsored by Senator David Umar follows an alarming report on the poor quality of service in Nigerian teaching hospitals.

According to Senator Umaru, the report contained in a daily newspaper observed that most teaching hospitals in the country have been overstretched, forcing patients to sleep on bare floors, plastic mats, and unhygienic conditions.

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