AE -FETHA Adopts Retraining Of Health Personnels, Set To Make Facility Training Centre On Emergency Medicine.

The Chief Medical Director, Alex Ekwueme Federal Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki, (AE-FETHA) Prof. Robinson Onoh said the hospital had adopted retraining of health personnel within and outside the country and measures are being put in place to make the facility a training centre on emergency medicine .

He said they are working hard to standardize the practice of medicine and upgrade some areas of the hospital by ensuring that every month a department is chosen for accreditation to enable them showcase what they have.

Onoh made this known while receiving members of the Correspondent Chapel of Nigerian Union of Journalists, Ebonyi state chapter who paid him courtesy visit in his office in AE- FETHA.

He said the hospital had grown to become the largest interns of human capacity and personnel for clinical services in the south east and second in the whole country.

“our focus is to standardise the practice of medicine and accreditation has been ongoing in various departments.

“Alex-Ekwueme is a strategic centre. We created an enabling environment to work for better service delivery.

“We want to become the best referral centre in the country. Our Hematology Department remains the best; Ophthalmology centre has also advanced.”

He pointed out that there is tremendous increase in terms of service delivery as a result of the dedication and commitment they are given to people, adding that the workers are ready to work given the enabling environment and encouragement.

He noted that the efforts of the workers in AE- FETHA has resulted into transformation of the hospital in that they see their assignment as call to service and that has enabled them to save more lives rather than lose them.

He commended the correspondents chapel members of NUJ for promoting activities of the hospital.

He said “health is pivotal; we should always remember that health is wealth. Our personnel are available to save lives. I urge you to widen your support through reportage.”

The Chairman of the chapel, Mr Uchenna Inya, said that the visit was to familiarise with the institution in efforts to link it activities to the world.

Inya pledged the chapel’s support and continue to project the institution’s activities to the society.