EXPERTS have identified clinical governance as a critical, yet overlooked component that can significantly enhance the development of Nigeria’s healthcare sector.
Disclosing this in Asaba, the founder of AGCare Specialist Clinic, Dr. Chukwuka Monye said patients have been denied comprehensive healthcare because many hospitals have failed to integrate clinical governance in their operational framework.
Speaking at the launch of AGCare Specialist Clinic in Asaba, Dr Monye noted that the clinic has tackled the challenge of inadequate clinical governance by implementing innovative models, enabling the hospital to stand out despite Nigeria’s broader healthcare challenges.
‘’Our vision is to ensure that quality healthcare should not be the exclusive preserve of only a few. Why should quality care be only for a few people? This is one of the reasons we embarked on rolling out more centres across the country. We are thinking about healthcare in an integrated manner’’ he said.
Explaining clinical governance, the Principal Lead of AGCare, Dr. Ebomwonyi Osagie defined it as a framework designed to ensure quality care for every patient, stressing that it involves maximum attention from the registration desk through the entire experience of the patient in the hospital.
‘’Everything is reviewed such that the chances of having medication error, wrong diagnosis, and litigation issues are minimal. You can have issues with Medicare anywhere in the world but how do you ensure that it is reduced to the barest? It is through clinical governance’’ he said.
Remarking, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the clinic, Dr. Onyi Babatunde, added that the hospital also prioritizes quality patient’ experience and community relationships in addition to clinical governance.
‘’While we are catering to those who can come to us, we are also not forgetting that there are people who may not be able to come to us. So, periodically, we will take healthcare to those who cannot come to us and ensure that as many people as possible can access quality healthcare’’ she said.
After the unveiling ceremony, journalists were given a comprehensive tour of AGCare Specialist Clinic’s facilities. The tour included visits to various key areas such as the wards (male and female), nursing stations, consulting rooms, pediatric unit, operating theatre, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), delivery room, X-ray room, ultrasound room, CT scan room, pharmacy, emergency and accident unit, dialysis unit, and Intensive Care Unit (ICU), among others.
