ASSESSMENT OF THE E EXISTING PUBLIC HOSPITAL FACILITIES CONDITIONS FOR SUSTAINABLE PERFORMANCE AT ELELE-ALIMINI AND ISIOKPO GENERAL HOSPITAL, RIVERS STATE, NIGERIA

¹Wali, Chidinma Juliet & ² Ihuah, Paulinus Woka

Department of Estate Management,

Rivers State University, Port Harcourt, Nigeria

ABSTRACT

The relationship between the state of facilities in a building and their functionality for sustainable service delivery is imperative in general hospital. However, the state of infrastructure and/or facilities in the public hospital in Nigeria is observed to be in a deplorable condition, thereby deterring sustainable service delivery in general hospitals. Therefore, the study investigated the conditions of existing public hospital facilities in Rivers State, Nigeria, using the cases of Elele-Alimini and Isiokpo General Hospital. The total existing hospital facilities in both hospitals were studied, where a total number of 130 questionnaires designed in a Five Likert Scale were retrieved from residents and staff living within the hospitals areas and used for analysis. The Results from the data analysis revealed that the existing facilities are in poor/disrepair conditions. It further revealed that there is an absence of sustainable performance of services delivery since the facilities are in disrepair situation. Again, the finding indicates that lack of professional maintenance service to the facilities reinforced the poor conditions of the facilities and poor-quality health-care service deliveries, as well as increased loss of patients’ lives while in the hospital. The study reflects that a professional maintenance services personnel (an Estate Surveyor and valuer) should be given the responsibility of managing these public hospital facilities, thereby ensuring theft sustainable performance regarding service delivery and health care services viability in public hospitals in Rivers State and in Nigeria at large.

Keyword: Facilities; Public/General Hospital; Sustainable; Performance