The Medical Director disclosed this at a Medical Outreach organised for journalists in the state by the hospital on Thursday.
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The bill introduced by Rep. Musa Garo (APC-Kano) on Wednesday had passed first reading in the plenary on March 24.
This was contained in a statement issued by the Spokesman of the Command, ASP Dungus Abdulkarim, on Monday.
The Federal Medical Centre, Umuahia, Abia State has thrown more light on the death of the hospital’s House Officer, Dr. Jude Okpareke, saying his death had no connection with COVID-19 pandemic.
Dr Liasu Ahmed, the Chief Medical Director, Federal Medical Centre, Owo, Ondo State, has appealed to health workers in the centre to allow Lassa fever patients receive medical treatment.
The Joint Health Sector Union, Federal Medical Centre, Owo chapter, on Monday called on the Federal Government to redeem its pledge of implementing all agreements between them.
Kalu said this on Thursday at the Federal Medical Centre, Umuahia, when he visited members of the National Youth Service Corps who were involved in a road mishap.
Apart from LUTH, the other two hospitals covered in the report “are the National Orthopaedic Hospital, Igbobi (NOHIL), and the Federal Medical Centre, Ebute Meta (FMC).”
The Medical Director of the hospital, Dr Abali Chukwu, made this known on Tuesday at a news conference in Umuahia to formally announce the death of medical officer, Dr Chizorom Ndukwu.
A communique issued after an Ordinary General Meeting of the association in Lokoja, and signed by its Chairman, Dr. Godwin Tijani, and the Secretary, Dr. Zubair Kabiru, also directed its members in FMC Lokoja to proceed on sympathy strike on the first three days of every month.
Adewole stated this after commissioning a TB drug resistance and treatment centre in FMC, Umuahia, put together to treat those who have low resistance to tuberculosis.
The agitation by the workers include immediate enhancement of salaries of members as done for the the doctors; full implementation of the circular affecting members in the medical laboratory profession without singling out any member; the immediate correction of the misnomer of placing health practitioners under nursing services instead of community medicine department; and autonomy of laboratory from the claws of pathologists by restoring the laboratory services department, which has to be headed by a medical laboratory scientist
The ARD gave this warning following what it described as the FMC management’s disrespect of the agreement it reached on October 5, 2015 based on the intervention of Abia State prominent politician cum elder statesman, Chief Benjamin Apugo, which led to the suspension of the strike on October 6, 2015
Sulaiman listed some of their grievances to include: anti-staff policies by the management arising from non-granting of the statutory three months’ leave for the retiring staff of the hospital
Pandemonium broke out in Asaba, Delta state capital on Thursday, following the news of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Asaba.
The Group Christian Medical Centre, Asaba, Delta State capital, has held the triplets born into family of Mr. Godswill Echenim hostage over inability to pay N723, 100 medical bills incurred.