AKPABIO TASKS INDIGENOUS SURGEONS ON RESEARCH AND TRAINING Nigerian surgeons have been charged to focus more on research and training to bring about lasting solution to the compounding medical problems in the country. Governor Akpabio, who gave the advice when the President of Association of Surgeons of Nigeria, Professor Okon O. Bassey and President of Nigerian Surgical Research Society, Prof. Elugwaraonu A. Agbakwuru, paid him a courtesy visit at the Governor’s Office Uyo, noted “Without research, we won’t have solution to some of the medical problems we are now facing as a people including the HIV/AIDS”. Akpabio harped on the need for members of the associations to embark on regular training and refresher courses to be up to date with trends in the medical practice. “There must always be continuous refresher course for your members that are involved in day-to-day surgical operations because things are changing, old methods are giving way to new ones. You must send your people for training on robotics and laparoscopic surgery. “As associations, I want you to cry out for facilities that we as government must put in place for you. We need to put the facilities in place because you need the facilities to carryout successful surgical operation”, he said. Earlier, the President of the Association of Surgeons of Nigeria, Prof Bassey, who had informed Governor Akpabio that the association comprising surgical experts, members of Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) and surgical researchers was in the state for its Ninth Annual Congress which began on Wednesday, this week, lauded the Governor for the transformation of the State particularly the health sector. Also speaking, the President of Nigerian Surgical Research Society, Prof. Agbakwuru said they move from universities to other institutions in the country training young people on surgical operations, and appreciated the Governor for his development strides in the state.
Posted on: Tue, 09 Jul 2013 12:28:32 +0000
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