From SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri –
Governor Babagana Umara Zulum of Borno state, has directed the State Commissioner of Health, Dr Salihu Kwaya Bura, to make submission detailing specialized training that would be required for the operations of high-tech medical equipment that will be installed when a teaching hospital is established to enable the take-off of college of medical sciences at the Borno state University.
Zulum, who directed the commissioner on Tuesday to make his submission through a committee already in place to facilitate the start of the teaching hospital, said “now is the right time to send academics for masters degrees and PhDs so that by the time they are done with their programmes, the teaching hospital will be ready for them to be part of.”
The governor noted that the National Universities Commission (NUC), will only grant accreditation for Borno state University to start degrees in medicine and surgery through a college of medicine, when the teaching hospital is not just in place but also has trained academics readily available.
He had in July, 2020, constituted a 13-member multi-stakeholder committee, chaired by former chief medical director of the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital, Prof Othman Kyari, to among other things, “examine and advice on the feasibility of establishing Borno state College of Medicine and Borno state University Teaching Hospital, to produce blueprint for the speedy realization of establishing Borno state College of medicine and Borno state University Teaching Hospital, including appropriate timelines for the commencement of the two projects” .
“And provide all relevant technical documents, including appropriate design and likely cost implications for the two projects, and advice on the best strategies of getting qualified academic staff for all the department in the Borno state College of Medicine”, Zulum said.
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