Zulum trains Doctorate, Master degree holders ahead teaching hospital opening

 

Borno State governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, on Tuesday, directed the state’s Commissioner for Health, Dr Salihu Kwayabura, to make submission detailing specialised trainings that would be required for the operations of high-tech medical equipment that would be installed when a teaching hospital is established, to enable the take-off of college of medical sciences at the Borno State University.

Zulum, who asked the commissioner to make his submission through a committee already in place to facilitate the start of the teaching hospital, said now is the right time to send academics for Master and Doctorate degrees so that by the time they are done with their programmes, the teaching hospital will be ready for them to be part of.

The governor noted that the National Universities Commission (NUC) will only grant accreditation to Borno State University to start degrees in medicine and surgery through a college of medicine, when the teaching hospital is not just in place but also has trained academics readily available.

Zulum had in July, 2020, constituted a 13-member multi-stakeholder committee, chaired by former chief medical director of the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital, Prof Othman Kyari, to among other things, “examine and advice on the feasibility of establishing Borno State College of Medicine and Borno State University Teaching Hospital, produce blueprint for the speedy realisation of establishing Borno State College of Medicine and Borno State University Teaching Hospital, including appropriate timelines for the commencement of the two projects” among others.

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Meanwhile, the governor also on Tuesday hosted a team of five officials from General Electric International over issues of maintenance of some diagnostic equipment, including a CT scan, supplied and installed by GE at the state’s specialist hospital in Maiduguri.

GE’s team was led by Joyce C. Shyngle-Wigwe, executive director for government affairs and policy in West Africa, while Zulum had in his team, the health commissioner and some other government officials at the meeting, which held at Borno’s liaison office in Abuja.