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Union tasks members on standard, professionalism

Union tasks members on standard, professionalism
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Professionalism
By Awayi Kuje
Keffi (Nasarawa State), Sept. 14, 2017 (NAN) The Medical and Health Workers Union of Nigeria (MHWUN), Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Keffi chapter, has enjoined its members to continue to maintain high standard and professionalism in the course of their duties.
Mr Monday Otso, the Chairman of the union, gave the task on Thursday at the Tertiary Health Institution National Consultative Forum, North Central zone meeting in Keffi, Nasarawa State.
Otso said that maintaining standard and professionalism by health workers would go a long way in improving on the lives of patients as well as ensure quality service delivery for the overall development of the country.
He also tasked members to avoid sharp practices in discharging their duties in their interest and for the overall development of the country.
The chairman advised his members to be reliable, dedicated, punctual and shun all negative acts capable of tarnishing their integrity and the image of the union.
“A good number of our members who are not conversant with the provisions of the public service rules and scheme of service have gotten themselves entangled with discordant practices that do not conform with the provisions of the law.
“This has led to either the issuance of queries, stoppage of salaries and in some instances dismissal from the service. That is why I want to use this medium to appeal to all of us to maintain standard and professionalism while discharging our duties.
“We must adhere strictly to the ethics of our profession in our interest and for the overall development of the health sector,’’ he said.
The chairman commended Dr Joshua Giyan, the centre’s Medical Director and his management team, for giving adequate attention to the welfare of staff and called for more efforts in that direction.
However, he appealed to the management of the centre to provide the union with land within the hospital premises to enable it build its permanent secretariat to boost their activities.
In separate contributions, Mr Husseini Ahmed and Alhaji Abdullahi Adeka, the National Vice President of MHWUN, and the Nasarawa State Chairman of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), respectively, appealed to government to pay adequate attention to the welfare of workers in the country.
They added that such gesture would go a long way in boosting the morale of workers thereby boosting productivity as well as would improve on the standard of living of workers for the overall development of the country. (NAN)
AKW/MST
Edited by Muhammad Suleiman Tola

Health

NARD Strike: FMC Lokoja deploys 138 doctors, pharmacists, others

NARD Strike: FMC Lokoja deploys 138 doctors, pharmacists, others

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Strike
By Stephen Adeleye
Lokoja, Sept. 8, 2017 (NAN) The Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Lokoja, says it has deployed 73 consultants in the hospital to cushion of the effect of the strike by resident doctors on patients.

Dr Jones Taiwo, the Head of Clinical Services (HCS) of the centre, said on Friday in Lokoja that the services of the consultants were being complemented by 32 intern doctors and 33 NYSC doctors.

He told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that pharmacists, dentists, radiologists and other categories of health workers have also been fully mobilised to fill the gap created by the striking resident doctors.

“This has really helped us a lot in keeping the services going on smoothly with minimal strike effects.

“It is only the resident doctors that are on strike, others are working and we are attending to at least 85 per cent of patients that are trooping to the centre.

“There is a directive from the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria that one year of the interns should not be interrupted, and this has been strictly obeyed which has also helped us in effective service delivery,” he explained.

The official said that normal laboratory tests were conducted while doctors had been carrying out emergency and scheduled surgeries.

According to Taiwo, the Labour Ward that is always overwhelmed is being manned by consultants.

He said that the management of the hospital had no problem with the resident doctors in the hospital being on strike, saying that they are only complying with a directive from their national body.

The Chairman of the state chapter of NARD, Dr Shola Baoku, is said to be a member of the association’s negotiating team with the Federal Government over the strike.

NAN also reports that normal activities at the FMC are continuing as doctors are seen attending to patients on admission and those at the outpatient unit. (NAN)
ASA/KKA/MST
Edited by Muhammad Suleiman Tola

Health

Yola FMC Medical Director begs doctors to resume work

Yola FMC Medical Director begs doctors to resume work
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Strike
Yola, Sept. 6, 2017 (NAN) Prof. Mohammed Auwal, the Chief Medical Director (CMD), Federal Medical Centre, Yola, has appealed to the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) to consider the condition of patients and resume work.
Auwal made the appeal in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Yola.
He urged the striking doctors to espouse dialogue as a better option especially as their profession was more of humanitarian service.
The CMD also appealed to government to ensure that the crisis did not linger for too long.
Auwal, who confirmed that resident doctors in the hospital had joined their colleagues in the strike, however said consultants were managing the gaps occasioned by the labour unrest.
He also said that the centre was yet to employ ad-hoc staff since the senior doctors were working hard to provide services.
A NAN correspondent who visited the hospital reports that normal activities were ongoing.
Doctors at the Specialist Hospital, Yola, did not join the strike.
NAN also reports that none of the doctors obliged to speak on the matter, but normal activities were going on at the specialist.
The resident doctors have embarked on an indefinite strike to press home their demands for improved working condition and facilities. (NAN)
MK/MST
Edited by Muhammad Suleiman Tola

Health

Alleged kidney theft: FMC Keffi wants independent investigation

Alleged kidney theft: FMC Keffi wants independent investigation

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Kidney

By Awayi Kuje

Keffi (Nasarawa State), Jan. 29, 2016 (NAN) The Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Keffi, Nasarawa State, has called for an independent professional investigation to unravel the truth behind allegation of stolen kidney at the hospital.

The Medical Director of the centre, Dr Giyan Joshua-Ndom, made the appeal in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Keffi.

Joshua-Ndom said the proposed inquiry would ascertain the truth behind an allegation by a patient that his kidney was removed at the centre by a consultant.

“It is better for an independent professional qualified arbiter to look in to the matter of alleged kidney removal so that the patient can properly be educated since, as it is now, he has lost confidence in the centre,’’ he said.

NAN recalls that there is ongoing report on the social media and some radio stations that one Mohammed Barau alleging that one of his kidneys was removed during an operation in FMC, Keffi.

“One of the ridiculous allegations by a former patient is that one of his kidneys was removed by a doctor in my centre during his abdomen operation.

“I therefore do not speak in defence of any one, but as the accounting officer of the centre.

“Having investigated the issue thoroughly, I am in a position to give you adequate information that guided us aright that the said patient came here in 2010, critically ill and the doctors battled to save his life.

“They removed pussy tumour on the left side of his abdomen that was suspected to be cancer but tests failed to confirm that. He was nursed and discharged about a month.

“He returned six years later for treatment of another ailment, at which time his left kidney was discovered to be missing as adequate analysis and information at this stage was the needful as one of the kidney drivers of patient satisfaction which he did not get.

“Without proper education, he jumped in to the conclusion that his kidney has been stolen. Histopathology report would have helped identify what was removed but the report showed that it was rotten beyond reasonable analysis,” he said.

According to him, “the patient also claimed that an unknown number called offering him N10 million to drop the matter, this beats logic and common sense.

“In contentious cases like this, it would be better for an independent professionally qualified arbiter to look in to the matter so that the patient can properly be educated since, as it is now he has lost confidence in us”.

Joshua-Ndom urged journalists and members of the public to always confirm information, especially about the centre with the management, before reporting in the interest of peace and national development.

The medical director restated the commitment of the management of the centre to continue to key in to policies and programmes that have direct bearing on patients and the lives of the staff. (NAN)

AKW/MST

Edited by Muhammad Suleiman Tola

Health

FG team arrive FMC Keffi to arrest spread of suspected Lassa fever

FG team arrive FMC Keffi to arrest spread of suspected Lassa fever

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Lassa fever

By Awayi Kuje

Keffi (Nasarawa State), Jan. 13, 2017 (NAN) The Medical Director of Federal Medical Centre, Keffi, Nasarawa State, Dr Giyan Joshua-Ndom, has confirmed that the hospital had recorded a suspected case of Lassa fever.

Joshua-Ndom told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday that a patient at the hospital was suffering from a disease suspected to be Lassa fever.

He said that the case had been reported to the Federal Ministry of Health and the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) for necessary action, Abuja.

“It is true that a suspected case of Lassa fever had been discovered at the centre with a male patient being its victim.

“But, I want to use this medium to appeal to patients and members of the public to remain calm as a Federal Government team had arrived the hospital to avert the spread of the virus.

“The patient with the suspected case of Lassa fever had been isolated from other patients and we are on top of the situation to curtail the spread of the disease,” he assured.

The medical director reaffirmed the commitment of the centre to sustain its policy on programmes that have direct bearing on the lives of doctors, other staff and Nigerians at large.

Joshua-Ndom therefore solicited for support to enable the centre deliver quality medical services. (NAN)

AKW/ORO/MST
Edited by Razak OwolabiMuhammad Suleiman Tola