MDCN threatens to shut ABSU medical college completely
Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria, MDCN, has threatened to “completely shut down” the Medical College of ABSU, “if it fails to pass accreditation next week”.
Nnenna Orji 
Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria, MDCN, has threatened to “completely shut down” the Medical College of Abia State University Uturu (ABSU), “if it fails to pass accreditation next week”.
The Registrar of the Council, Dr T.A.B Sanusi, who gave the threat during the maiden induction of Gregory University Uturu (GUU), medical doctors, at Michael Okpara Auditorium Umuahia, said that the forthcoming accreditation “will be a make or mar” for the College.
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ABSU Medical College lost accreditation early 2022 following the state of inactivity of the Abia State University Teaching Hospital Aba (ABSUTH), as a result of incessant strike actions by doctors who were then owed for over 24 months.
Dr Sanusi advised the State Government and the university Management to ensure that the necessary facilities were put in place so that the college could scale through.
He also regretted that “Abia is lagging behind” in case of hospitals for housemanship but commended the efforts of the Chief Medical Director, Federal Medical Centre Umuahia, Professor Onyebuchi Chukwu, towards salvaging the situation.
Gov. Alex Otti had during a media parley last Friday, revealed that new equipment had been procured for the ABSU, expressing confidence that the accreditation would be successful.
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Meanwhile the MDCN Registrar explained that the reason the “Council is strict on accreditation for Medical Colleges is to ensure quality of their products.”
” What we fail to do today will hunt us in future; that’s why it looks as if MDCN accreditation is too harsh. It’s not harsh because once a life is lost, it’s lost for ever.
” We will always do everything possible to ensure that no life is lost through negligence or malpractice. All hands must be on deck to ensure that we must actually train competent doctors who when they touch us, we will be safe”.
Dr Sanusi regretted that MDCN had over 117 petitions against medical doctors, adding that another 120 are waiting for trial.
He cautioned doctors on housemanship against joining strike, reminding them that ” by Council policy”, they are not members of Association of Resident Doctors (ARD).
He congratulated the inductees and urged them to uphold the ethics of medical profession as they practice.
The Registrar also commended the management of GUU for its efforts in establishing and running medical school while urging them to keep improving.
In his speech, the Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academics), Professor Uwaoma Uche, who spoke on behalf of the VC, Professor Augustine Uwakwe, described the maiden induction as a huge success and dream come true for the institution.
He revealed that the university built some structures at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC) currently used by the medical students while its 1000-bed hospital at Ezinnachi, near Okigwe had recorded 80% completion.
The DVC commended the Founder of the university, Professor Greg Ibe, for his vision, noting that the university has provided opportunities for tertiary education admission seekers in the South East and beyond to study different professional courses of their choice.
Meanwhile, Dr Davies Glory Oluwasijibomi, emerged as the Overall Best Graduating student, with a lot of awards.
