Uduaghan Wants Doctor’s Excesses Moderated
Dr Uduaghan, who
made the call when the President and Executive
members of the NMA paid him a courtesy call in Asaba yesterday, said the call has become necessary given acts of
some doctors which tended to paint the profession in bad light.
Dr. Uduaghan said he
was not “comfortable” with the actions and conducts of some younger doctors in the
profession particularly his encounters with them as Governor of Delta State.
He said he would
prefer a situation where the elders in the profession
would be role models and exhibit exemplary conducts for the younger doctors to emulate.
He particularly
enjoined elders in the profession to moderate the activities of the younger
ones to protect the image of what he termed the oldest profession in the
country, saying: “Let us not dent our image. We should be cautious of our actions and
attitudes because this is our profession and any little thing could paint the
profession bad.”
The governor however called on members of
the National Executive of the Association to be vibrant and speak out on
national issues as such contributions was capable of shaping development in the
country.
He told them to constantly draw attention to
flash points in the polity and proffer solutions that would shape the destiny
of the nation.
Dr. Uduaghan charged them to brainstorm and
critically access the health sector and provide a sustainable roadmap that would
improve health care delivery in the country.
He promised to
continue to sustain the current tempo of healthcare delivery in the state,
explaining that the free maternal healthcare and free medical care for children from 0-5 years of age was designed to
build a highly potent human capital in the state.
“We are interested in the development of the
individual from conception to death. So what we are doing in the state is to
provide free maternal healthcare for our pregnant women and free health care
delivery for 0-5 year old children to enable us build a formidable human
capital development programme that is geared towards a state beyond oil,” he
said.
He explained that
the Delta State Teaching Hospital, Oghara was partnering with the University of Texasto ensure that in the
next 14-16 months it would be able to carry out
renal transplants.
Speaking further he said a lot of
achievements have been made in the medical field by the Delta State Teaching
Hospital, Oghara and has helped Nigerians to seek medical attention in the
state rather than travelling outside the country.
In a brief address,
the President of the Nigerian Medical Association, Dr. Osahon Enabulele said
that the one week health summit was for medical practitioners to brainstorm and
chart a way forward to
improve health care delivery in the country.
Dr. Enbulele stated that the summit was a
historic assignment to enable the association make advancements in the health
sector and impact on the health status of Nigerians.
He said that the association was ready to
collaborate with the country and Delta state in order to improve on the health
sector.
Dr. Enabulele commended Dr. Uduaghan for his
contributions to the health sector in the state and for creating an enabling
platform for the NMA in the state.
Meanwhile the state governor, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan
has expressed appreciation to the Nigerian Medical Association for choosing
Asaba the state capital for the 1st National Medical summit.
Dr Uduaghan, who said this when hosting
delegates of the Nigerian Medical Association to a cocktail party, Sunday
night, expressed the hope that the summit would open the door for improved
health care delivery in the country.
He said the summit was long overdue and
enjoined medical doctors to use it to make loud statements on the health of the
nation.
The governor expressed happiness that the
summit attracted not only Nigerians but foreigners and urged them to use the
opportunity to traverse the state and savour the cultural potentials in the
state.
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