Experts seek to end animosity in health sector

In a novel initiative that seeks the rebirth of a new regime of harmony among the different professionals in the health sector, experts drawn from each of the major health disciplines will brainstorm at a symposium holding at the University of Lagos next month.

The symposium is being jointly organised by the Nigeria Academy of Pharmacy in partnership with the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria and will have its participants drawn from all professional bodies in the health sector.

According to the President of the Nigeria Academy of Pharmacy, he dire state of healthcare in Nigeria today, despite continuing efforts, requires that all professionals in the sector work in harmony to tackle the issues for the good of the country.”

He lamented, “the poor state of affairs is made even worse by the animosity, distrust and consequently, disharmony among the different professionals in the health sector.”

Adelusi-Adeluyi declared that the most vital resource in the health sector is not the annual budgetary allocation from government, but the sector’s huge human resource endowment, adding that it is only by building on its strengths that the health sector can become truly primed to deliver optimal value to Nigeria.

He noted that the mutual animosity among health professionals is not unfounded, adding that the symposium is only one in a series of activities the Nigeria Academy of Pharmacy is putting together to eradicate or curtail to the barest minimum, the animosity in the health sector and fast-track the emergence of a culture of mutual trust and collaboration among the various professionals.