Posted on: Fri 11-02-2022

Association of Resident Doctors (ARD), Delta State University Teaching Hospital (DELSUTH), Oghara, branch has raised the alarm over loss of accreditation at many departments in the institution.

The President, Dr. Ereku Toritseju, told reporters yesterday in Asaba that the gradual loss of accreditation and shortage of trainers at DELSUTH were hampering training of resident doctors.

He said accreditation, a requirement critical to residency training, provision of services and research in any teaching hospital, could not be treated with levity.

Toritseju said: “Departments in the hospital are gradually losing accreditation, a requirement pivotal to residency training, provision of services and research. Some resident doctors were unable to apply for the last fellowship examination due to accreditation issues.”

He urged the state government to review medical residency training fund, as done for federal workers.

The ARD president said brain drain at DELSUTH was worsened by poor remuneration and a lack of conducive working environment, adding that the teaching hospital lost on a monthly basis, all cadres of skilled health workers to European and Middle East countries.

He said doctors might be persuaded to stay back if the government catered for their welfare and created a conducive work environment.

Toritseju urged the government to rescind the punitive actions arising from the last industrial dispute, against resident doctors and house officers at DELSUTH.

He said the September salaries of doctors had been withheld, while House officers were made to serve a three-month extension without pay.

Toritseju enjoined the government to equip the newly-renovated clinical building to enhance productivity.

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