Preventive medicine is better than cure, says President on decentralising health sector
09 Mar 2011, 1:50 PM
Ahmed Nazeer
Decentralising public health services will promote preventative medicine in the Maldives, President Mohamed Nasheed said today announcing that the health sector would be the first to be decentralised.
”We always hear that this hospital is lacking this machine, or that hospital is lacking doctors, or complaints that islanders cannot access adequate health facilities,” said Nasheed. ”This government’s objective is to prevent people from falling ill, because prevention is better than cure.”
At a press conference today, Nasheed said the government was trying to organise the health sector in a way that newly-elected island councilors could supervise the health sector of each island.
”We want to make sure that all persons that require special assistance are provided with that special assistance,” he said.
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