The employment of 34 resident doctors has been approved by the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike, for residency training on a fixed term of seven years.
The 34 medical doctors constitute the first batch of 60 medical residency trainees across eight faculties/specialities in FCTA hospitals, approved for employment by the FCT Minister.
The Senior Special Assistant to the FCT Minister on Public Communications and Social Media, Lere Olayinka, who announced this in a statement on Wednesday, stated that the employment of the 34 resident doctors would further enhance healthcare delivery in the FCT.
He said, “This is the first time this is being done outside employees of the Health Management Board, thereby giving doctors more opportunities and bringing more competent hands into healthcare delivery in the FCT.
“Among the 34 employed, five are in the psychiatry department, four in internal medicine, one in general surgery, one in anaesthesiology, eight in family medicine, six in ophthalmology, and nine in obstetrics and gynaecology.”
Olayinka added that the FCTA Civil Service Commission would soon commence the process for recruiting the remaining 26 resident doctors.
He further noted that the 26 positions include one for the psychiatry department, four in internal medicine, eight in general surgery, five in anaesthesiology, and eight in paediatrics.
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