By NEXTER
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr. Nyesom Wike, has approved the employment of 34 resident doctors for residency training for a fixed term of seven years.
This was disclosed by the Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and Social Media to the minister, Lere Olayinka in a statement on Wednesday, in Abuja.
According to him, the doctors are the first batch of the 60 medical residency trainees in eight specialities in the FCTA hospitals approved for employment.
“This is the first time this is being done outside employees of the Health Management Board, thereby giving doctors more opportunity and bringing more competent hands into healthcare delivery in the FCT.
“Among the 34 employed, five were 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,” he explained.
He said civil service commission would commence the process for the recruitment of the remaining 26 resident doctors soon.
