The wife of the Lagos State Governor, Mrs
Abimbola Fashola, yesterday urged health
professionals in Nigeria to work as a team, to
improve and strengthen the health sector.
Mrs Fashola made the remark during her
goodwill visit to public hospitals to welcome the
First Baby of the Year, organised by the state
government.
She said that cooperation among the health
professionals in the hospital, as a workplace,
would enhance productivity and also guarantee
patients' satisfaction.
While receiving the first baby of the year, Fashola
said parents had a role to play for babies to
actualise their potentialities in life.
Fashola urged parents, especially mothers, to be
committed to laying good foundation for their
children in the first five years of their lives, by
making sure all the necessary vaccinations were
taken.
The Lagos State First Lady said quality parental
care would make children grow to become
healthy and successful citizens.
Earlier, Dr Jide Idris, the Lagos State
Commissioner for Health, said that the event
was an annual one to usher in new babies and
share in the joy of the New Year.
Idris said that there had been tremendous
improvements in the health services of the state,
through the adoption of solid strategies and
interventions.
A baby boy delivered at 12. 01 a.m. to the
Onyejieke family through normal delivery at the
Isolo General Hospital, weighing 2.5kg, was
declared the first baby of the year.
The Ogunnoiki family also had a baby girl
through caesarian section, weighing 2.3kg at
12:01 a.m. at the Island Maternity Hospital.
A baby girl, weighing 3.9kg, was also born to the
Mamoud family at the Ajeromi General Hospital,
Ajegunle, at 12.05 a.m.
Fashola presented gifts to the mothers and their
babies at the hospitals.
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