Ogun state government has educated 50 ad hoc nurses and midwives in newborn resuscitation to improve the state’s healthcare system and lower the state’s infant death rate.
Dr. Elijah Ogunsola, Executive Secretary of the Ogun State Primary Health Care Development Board, announced this on Thursday, during a two-day training session titled “Helping babies breathe.”
Selected nurses and midwives from the state’s 20 LGAs received training from the Ogun State Primary Health Care Development Board in partnership with pediatricians from Babcock University Teaching Hospitals in Abeokuta and Olabisi Onabanjo.
According to Ogunsola, the training’s goal was to provide medical personnel with the know-how and abilities they need to preserve babies.
He emphasized that it also addressed the physiological changes that take place before and after delivery, as well as the usage of drugs and chest compressors for infant resuscitation.
The core of the healthcare system, Ogunsola reaffirmed, are nurses and midwives in Ogun state, who are essential in delivering care, spearheading change, and promoting advancements in health outcomes.
He expressed gratitude to the state government for fortifying the healthcare system in order to guarantee the accreditation of all Ogun state-owned nursing and midwifery schools and their conversion to the modern college state.
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