The minister of health, Prof Isaacs Adewole has called on Nigerian pharmacists to accept their roles in the delivery of health care to patients and also work assiduously in harmony with other health care team members to put the health care of patients above any form of tussle for seniority in the sector.
Adewole who was speaking during the Annual Scientific Week 2016 and the Ten Million Naira Bus Launch of the Association of Hospital and Administrative Pharmacists of Nigeria (AHAPN) Abuja Branch, however commended the pharmacists association for being proactive in their approach to resolving issues in the health sector amicablly.
He added that the theme of the event, “Pharmacist-Patient Relationship: Towards better pharmaceutical service delivery, was in line with the federal governments agenda to reach out to 100 million lives in the community level by improving their socio-economic development and human capital formation in the grass root level.
Also speaking during his welcome address, the AHAPN chairman, Abuja Branch, Pharm. Peter Enemarie, said that the scientific week was aimed at bringing together the members so that they would be able to exchange ideas and knowledge that will aid towards a better relationship between pharmacists and their patients.
He added that his dream after inception was to end the pressure and pains the association goes through while attending conference by getting a bus which he added that will help the group a great deal.
Earlier during their outreach to the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp in New Kuchingoro, FCT, Enemarie stated that the association has decided to reach out to the IDPs in order to ease their pains as they continue to wait for the time they will be able to return to their home town.
Credit: NigeriaToday