The West African College of Surgeons has granted full accreditation to the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology of the Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital.
The full accreditation is expected to run for five years in the first instance and is to train a maximum of 20 resident doctors up to Part II (Fellowship Level).
The new development was contained in the report of accreditation visit to the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology on February 18.
In the letter, which was addressed to the EKSUTH Chief Medical Director, Dr. Kolawole Ogundipe, a copy of which was made available to reporters in Ado Ekiti on Thursday, the hospital is expected to apply for re-accreditation six months before the expiry date of February 28, 2020.
The Senior Residents are to spend at least three months in another Teaching Hospital with full accreditation before applying for the Part 2 examination.
WACS, however, recommended the need for more consulting rooms at the antenatal and gynaecological clinics and increase in the bed capacity in me gynaecological ward.
The Surgeons’ College also recommended an improvement in the number of major gynaecological surgeries and improvement on record keeping especially at the ultrasound room and MVA theatre.
The visiting team equally recommended the need to commence laparoscopic and hysteroscopic services and to separate the seminar room from he waiting room of the family planning clinic.
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