By Ismaila Jimoh, Abuja
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Mr Nyesom Wike has approved the recruitment of 34 resident doctors for a seven-year residency training to enhance health-care delivery in the FCT.
Senior Special Assistant to the minister on Public Communications and Social Media, Mr Lere Olayinka made this known in a statement in Abuja, Wednesday.
Olayinka explained that the 34 doctors would be the first batch of the 60 medical doctors approved for residency training in eight specialities in FCT hospitals.
He said five out of the 34 doctors would work in the psychiatric department, four in internal medicine and one in general surgery.
Others, he said, would comprise one in anesthesiology, eight in family medicine, six in ophthalmology and nine in obstetrics and gynaecology.
“This is the first time this is being done outside the employees of the Health Management Board, thereby giving doctors more opportunity and bringing more competent hands into healthcare delivery in the FCT,” he said.
The spokesman added that the remaining 26 doctors would be recruited in due course by the FCT Civil Service Commission.
He said the 26 doctors would comprise one for psychiatry department, four for internal medicine, eight for general surgery, five in anesthesiology and eight paediatrics.
