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The Alex-Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital Abakaliki (AE-FUTHA ), in Ebonyi State has reinstated its determination to deliver quality health care to the people
The Chief Medical Director of the hospital Prof Robinson Onoh who stated this when members of the Correspondents Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Ebonyi State paid him a courtesy visit in his office, Abakaliki said the hospital’s target is to make the facility one of the best referral centres in the country.
He said the hospital had grown to become second in human capacity and personnel for clinical services.
He added that “our focus is to standardise the practice of medicine and accreditation has been ongoing in various departments.
“Alex-Ekwueme is a strategic centre. We created an enabling environment to work for better service delivery.
“We want to become the best referral centre in the country. Our Hematology Department remains the best; Ophthalmology centre has also advanced.”
On staff training, the medical director said the hospital had adopted retraining of health personnel within and outside the country.
He commended the correspondents chapel members for promoting activities of the hospital.
He said “health is pivotal; we should always remember that health is wealth. Our personnel are available to save lives. I urge you to widen your support through reportage.”
Earlier in his remarks, the chairman of the Correspondent chapel, Mr Uchenna Inya of Daily Sun Newspapers said that the visit was to familiarise with the institution in efforts to link it activities to the world.
He pledged the chapel’s support and continue to project the institution’s activities to the society through their reportage in their social responsibility as fourth estate of the realm
"we have to come to partner with your laudable initiative so that we can continue to be part of it. And in the area of publicity, we want to assure you that we will give it to you 100% because we have the pen, we do not have silver and gold. But what we have is bigger than silver and gold which is the pen and you know it is mightier than the sword"
"We are investigative, development and peace journalists. We don’t engage in destructive journalism. We are journalist that have content and character that cover national dallies". He stated.
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