PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan has approved the upgrading of the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Ido-Ekiti, to a Federal Teaching Hospital and the use of the upgraded hospital for the clinical training of medical students and allied health professionals of Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD).

 

The letter of approval with Reference Number HMH/ABJ/450/Vol. IV/152 dated October 15, this year and signed by the immediate past Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu, said the approval would be for a period of ten years as stipulated in the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Federal Government and the Management of the University.

 

A similar letter to the Chairman, Board of Management of the FMC, Ido-Ekiti, by the former Minister urged the hospital to “kindly ensure that all necessary actions are carried out to actualize Mr. President’s approvals.”

 

In tandem with global practice where universities use and well-grounded hospitals as training centres for their clinical students, ABUAD applied to the Federal Government for the upgrading of FMC, Ido-Ekiti for the use as Clinical training centre for its medical students just like the University of Ibadan is using Adeoyo Hospital and Gombe University is currently using Gombe FMC as their Clinical Training Centres. 

 

by Muyiwa Adeyemi