No fewer than seven Kwara State hospital pharmacy departments have secured accreditation from the Pharmacists Council of Nigeria (PCN) to operate as internship training centers for graduate pharmacists.
The accredited facilities include:
– General Hospital Patigi
– General Hospital Offa
– Kwara State university Teaching Hospital, Ilorin.
– Civil Service Hospital
– Aisha Buhari Mother & Child hospital
– Sobi Specialist Hospital
– Children’s Specialist Hospital
– Kwara State Essential Drugs Project
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The Executive Secretary of the State Hospitals Management Board , Dr AbdulRahman Malik who disclosed this said that it was a long and tedious process that involved the PCN sending an accreditation team to Kwara State to inspect the proposed facilities.
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He disclosed that the board is happy that they succeeded in this accreditation and the State can now resume the training of intern pharmacists from all schools of pharmacy in Nigeria that it lost 2 decades ago.
Dr Malik further explained that, due diligence was observed throughout the accreditation process, as all facilities were required to meet specific preconditions before receiving approval.
According to him, this marks a significant boost for the health sector under this current administration that will help in further closing the manpower gaps.
Dr.Malik assured of the commitment of the board to supervising and monitoring all the accredited facilities to ensure sustained improvements in healthcare service delivery in the state.
He stated that, processing has also commenced to secure accreditations to begin the training of intern nurses and medical laboratory scientists.
It would be recalled that the state Governor, Mallam Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq last year gave his approval and full support to the management of the Kwara State Hospitals Management Board to seek the re-accreditation of the pharmacy departments of state hospitals that were lost more than 20 years ago.
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