Governor Abdulrahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara State has approved the recruitment of 197 medical personnel with a view to improving healthcare delivery in the state.
Mr Halimah Sulu-Gambari, the State Health Management Board PRO revealed this in a statement on Sunday.
He said the personnel would be 23 medical doctors and 72 nurses with varying specialization.
Others are three senior registrars, 13 pharmacy technicians and six pharmacists.
Part of the statement read;
“Others include four medical laboratory scientists, five scientific officers, 20 Community Health Extension Workers (CHEW), 20 Junior CHEW, and 23 hospital attendants.
“We indeed commend the governor for this timely approval as it will help to replace some of the hands that we have lost to attrition or retirement.
“This will also complement the unprecedented infrastructural development we have seen in the health sector in the state.”