…as EKSU graduates of medicine take physician’s Oath
The Vice Chancellor, University of Medical Sciences, Ondo, Ondo State, Professor Adesegun Fatusi has expressed disappoinment with the state of health facilities in the country calling on government to take immediate step to address the situation.
The Don explained that government must invest in the health sector to end health tourism and brain drain in health facilities.
Professor Fatusi spoke in Ado Ekiti, while delivering the induction lecture for graduate of the Ekiti State University, College of Medicine.
Speaking on the theme” THE LEGACY OF DREAMS” Professor Fatusi worried that very soon, health facilities may be taken over by traditional doctors when professionals would have deserted the country for greener pastures.
He said:”You must improve the work conditions of the health workers because if people are happy with what they do and the environment enables them to do what they have been trained to be doing, they would stay. So it’s not all about money. It’s because people are not fulfilled with their work.
“Also, there are no longer trainings for local market and all our regulatory bodies, medical, nursing, medical lab science and others must be recognised, they must increase the number of spaces given to schools to train.”
According to him, “One of the greatest fear we don’t talk about training for the upcoming because when the trainers are going, if we have students, who will train them? We need to take action if we are serious about our health situation in this country”.
Professor Adesegun Fatusi congratulated the inducted doctors and asked them to invest in their dreams.
The Don considered three subheadings which were; Yesterday’s dream and the privilege of possession, today’s dream and the priority of professionalism as well as tomorrow’s dream and primary of pursuit.
He urged the young doctors to dream greater and pursue them to leave a lasting impact.
In his speech, Vice-chancellor of Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti, Professor Edward Olanipekun, said medicine programme which is to be run for six years lasted for nine years,but be that as it may, he said there’s still need to give glory to God that finally, the journey has come to an end.
Professor Olanipekun, appreciated the immediate past Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi for his intervention, noting that there wouldn’t have been medical school in the university, if not for his prompt intervention.
“To run a medical school, is capital intensive and it is on this note that we still want to appeal to the visitor, the Governor of Ekiti State, Mr. Biodun Oyebanji to come to our aid. Some of the programmes particularly MBBS programme will be due for reaccreditation next year, we need a lot of support in order to be reaccredited”.
The Vice-chancellor advised the newly inducted doctors to be good ambassadors of the University.
Forty seven graduates of the College of Medicine, Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti took the physician’s Oath just as they promised to perform their duties for the safety and welfare of of all person commiting themselves under their care.
The Medical Doctors who were the fourth set of graduates produced by Ekiti State University, College of Medicine explained that they would not compromise their services to clients and ensure that all ethics of medicine profession are followed.