THE management and board of Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital (NAUTH), Nnewi have said that the position of the institution's chief medical director (CMD) of the institution was filled in consonance with due process, insisting that there is no other vacancy.

 

Chairman of the management board, Prof. Ivara E. Esu who made the clarification during an interactive session with journalists at the hospitals complex Nnewi, recently, also cautioned anybody interested in the job to wait for the tenure of the current CMD, Dr. Anthony Igwegbe to elapse.

 

He also promised to reposition and improve services rendered in the hospital to patients and clients from catchment areas.

 

Meanwhile, the Non - Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions, (NAUTH), Nnewi, Anambra State Council has dissociated itself from the statement issued by Anambra Progressives Professionals (APP) claiming that there was crisis in the teaching hospital over the appointment of the CMD.

 

Esu explained that the board assumed office with a clear mandate, notably to perform oversight functions, including looking at the policies, finances, staff and general progress of the institution, adding that they would work to ensure that NAUTH reckoned as centre of excellence in the country and comparable to any institution in the world.

 

He expressed surprise that some people were insinuating that there was crisis over the appointment of the CMD four months after Dr. Igwegbe assumed office, wondering where those people have been while he was performing his duties in the hospital since he assumed office.

 

He said: “The 13-member board would work to ensure that NAUTH witness rapid expansion in infrastructure and man power development, and efforts would be intensified for the hospital to move into its permanent site soon.

 

“Our objective was to reposition the hospital and improve services to clients in the state and catchment areas, in such a way that it would be recommended as centre of excellence comparable to any institution in the world.”

 

He added: “We have visited the permanent site between Nnewi, Oraifete and Ozubulu, and because of what we saw on ground, we have set up two committees, project monitorial and service delivery committees to assist the hospital.”

 

In a statement signed by the branch Chairman, Non - Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions, (NAUTH), Mr. Egbula Kelechi and the Secretary, Mr. Nwokwu Fedelis, they dismissed the claims that there was crisis in the hospital which had resulted in disruption of work in the institution, insisting that there was nothing like Anambra Progressives Professionals (APP) in NAUTH, Nnewi.