As Nigeria’s ailing healthcare system continues to attract public outcry, facilities like the University of Benin Teaching Hospital has stood out thanks to the man behind the wheel; its Chief Medical Director, Prof. Darlington Obaseki. In an interview with REBECCA EJIFOMA after a two-day extensive tour of the facility, he highlighted the profound impact of his four-year strategic plan to metamorphose the hospital into a leading provider of quality care solutions in West Africa
Prof. Darlington Obaseki is a Nigerian Professor of Histopathology, and is currently the sixth Chief Medical Director (CMD) of the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH) following his appointment on August 17, 2017, after acting in the same capacity for about a month.
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The president, Association of Resident Doctors, Dala Orthopedic Chapter, Buba Ibrahim Babangida on Tuesday confirmed that its members have suspended their strike action, trusting that the MoU signed with the Federal Government will be fulfilled.
”Following our national emergency congress meeting, it was unanimously decided that we should suspend the strike action for a period of four weeks to allow the government to sort out some of the issues.
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“But we, however, have other medium and long-term issues that the government has started looking into. I think this is the right time for Nigerians to implore the Government, as well as insist that they do the right thing so that we would not commence another strike in four weeks time.”
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The President of the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD), Dr. Uyilawa Okhuaihesuyi, has disclosed that the association might exclude their members currently working in different isolation centres in the country from their ongoing strike.
In a chat with The Guardian, yesterday, Okhuaihesuyi noted that all NARD members, including those working in isolation centres had been involved in the industrial action, saying the association might consider excluding its members in the frontline from the strike. x
He, however, insisted that the strike would continue until the government meets their demands
Chairman of the Association of Resident Doctors, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Dr. Nnamdi Nd-Ezuma, also told The Guardian that the isolation centres in the FCT were still functional, noting that there were consultants and other medical doctors who are not members of NARD that were attending to the patients.
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