In its commitment to provide adequate healthcare services for the citizens, the State Hospital, Ota, Ado/Odo–Ota Local Government Area of the state, in collaboration with the Bureau of Public Service Reforms, (BPRS), has organised a two-day workshop tagged, 'Leadership Improvement Programme', for Heads of Departments in the health facility.

Speaking during the workshop held at Covenant University Guests House, Ota, Ogun State, Permanent Secretary, BPRS, Mr. Jola Oyeneye, underscored the need to always rejig the system through regular capacity training of workers, to ensure improvement of service.

Mr. Oyeneye advised the management to ensure a conducive environment with well-lit wards and corridors to prevent avoidable accidents, urging participants to see the workshop as a training session to ensure improvement of service at their various duty posts.

In his remarks, Chief Medical Director (CMD), State Hospital, Ota, Dr. Ero-Philip Akinshola, informed that BPRS management was invited to help reform some activities in the Hospital and strengthen collaborative efforts of the management, as well as staff for a robust and productive output, charging staffers to be psychologically balanced and alert while attending to patients.

In his lecture titled, 'Legal Implications of Workers Negligence in the Workplace', Mr. Olumuyiwa Ogunsanwo, Director, Legal Commercial Services, Ministry of Justice, explained that negligence could come in various forms, due to the failure of healthcare providers in fulfilling their professional obligations, breaching the duty of care and not exercising reasonable degree of expected skills which could have adverse consequences on both employees and employers, including financial losses, bad reputation and legal liabilities.

He added that, "As the workplace continues to evolve, it is crucial for organisations to be proactive in minimising risks associated with negligence by implementing comprehensive training programmes, fostering a culture of responsibility, maintaining communication links and punishing any act of dereliction of duty".

While detailing what sanctions erring conducts should attract, Director of Speech Production, Governor's Office, Mr. Bode Sotoyinbo, in a lecture titled, ‘Service Rules and Extant Circulation on Misconduct/Gross Misconduct’, noted that the Public Service Rules provides operational framework, regulatory principles and a charter of rights, privileges, as well as, duties of all public servants.

"Disciplinary measures refer to corrective actions which are taken when the organisational discipline is found to have been significantly breached by one or more workers. Without these disciplinary procedures, there may be danger of inequality and injustice, even in organisations where everyone has best of intentions of acting fairly at all times", he said.

Two of the participants, Mrs. Grace Amos and Mrs. Remilekun Oduntan, appreciated the management and state government for the training, promising to put into practice knowledge gained at the workshop.