Governor Ibrahim Gaidam of Yobe State has approved the recruitment of 158 medical consultants, medical officers, nurses, and other professionals for the 19 departments of the newly built and equipped 200-Bed Ultra-Modern Hospital, Damaturu which will begin to roll out clinical services in the first quarter of 2017.
Of the personnel to be recruited, five are medical consultants, 19 medical officers, 10 nursing officers, three physiotherapists, 13 medical laboratory scientists, two pharmacists, three radiographers, 25 dental technicians, 42 health information management officers, 24 medical laboratory technicians, three x-ray specialists and nine medical laboratory assistants.
Abdullah Befo, the director, Press Affairs to the Governor, disclosed this in Damaturu.
According to him, “The placement of these personnel in the state civil service takes effect from January, 2017.
“Further recruitment of medical doctors and specialists, including from foreign countries, is afoot, as the Yobe State Government scales up its investments in the healthcare sector to make access to healthcare easy and affordable for the people of the state.
“The public may also note that ongoing rehabilitation and expansion of the General hospitals in Potiskum, Gashu’a and Gaidam towns have reached advanced stages of completion and the Gaidam administration will follow up with installation of modern hospital equipment once the rehabilitation works have been completed.”
He further stated that the governor has also approved the construction of 11 additional units of 3-bedroom houses in the new hospital to add to existing staff accommodation there.
“His Excellency Governor Gaidam assures the people of the state that his administration will continue to do everything necessary within the limits of available resources to take our state farther along on the road to social and economic development.”