EKSUTH Recruits New Medical Personnel as JAPA Intensifies

The management of Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital has approved the recruitment of medical doctors, clinical officers and other health workers, to replace medical personnel who have exited the country.

The Chief Medical Director, Prof. Kayode Olabanji,  broke the news  in Ado-Ekiti at the Weekend, he said the recruitment is part of the EKSUTH’s  efforts to replace medical personnel who have migrated to foreign countries from the hospital.

According to Olabanji, the approval has removed  bureaucratic bottlenecks in recruitment of medical and clinical staff, noting that “it is already yielding results with engagement of medical personnel from its pool of interviewed applicants”.

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“Of course, we are not excluded from the Japa syndrome.  our people also leave, but we have an advantage. Our wards cannot close down.  There are no bureaucracies before we can replace them. Here in this hospital, we have permission to replace the core clinical staff that are exiting.

“We are addressing japa in a unique way. We are not suffering deprivation because we don’t have to wait for like three, or four months to process a waiver, permission, or approval. We have permission to replace them as soon as they are leaving. If today, the head of nurse tells me that five nurses have left, we have nurses on our list waiting to be employed. We need doctors now, if they apply, we interview and engage them”, he said.

Olabanji further explained that the health facility has received tremendous support from the Governor Biodun Oyebanji’s government in terms of regular subvention, workers welfare and modern equipment, as “healthcare delivery involves a lot of money.”

He added that with the new equipment including endoscopy, CT scan, dental chair and facilities like the Intensive Care Unit, EKSUTH has more patronage and increased IGR to meet the infrastructure and equipment needs.

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Prof. Olabanji added that health hospital is currently undergoing a rebranding that would further enhance the effective and efficient delivery of healthcare services for the people.

He dismissed insinuations of lack of motivation  among the workers,  disclosing that under his watch matters of welfare and other emoluments were prioritized for all categories of workers in the hospital.