Nyesom Wike, minister of the federal capital territory (FCT), has approved the employment of 34 resident doctors for residency training for a fixed term of seven years.
In a statement issued on Wednesday, Lere Olayinka, senior special assistant on public communications and social media to Wike, said the doctors are the first batch of the 60 medical residency trainees in eight faculties/specialities in the FCTA hospitals approved for employment.
Olayinka said the employment of the 34 resident doctors would further enhance health-care delivery in the FCT.
“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,” the statement reads.
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“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.”
Olayinka said the FCTA civil service commission would commence the process for the recruitment of the remaining 26 resident doctors soon.
He said the 26 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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