FG Pledges To Support Surgeons To Enhance Service Delivery - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (F.BA)
February 18, 2020
TheFederal Government says it would continue to support surgeons to boost theirkey role in quality healthcare delivery.
PresidentMuhammadu Buhari, who made the pledge in Abuja, at the 60th Annual Meeting andScientific Conference of West African College of Surgeons, WACS and Scientists,also commended surgeons’ exemplary commitment to duty over the years.
Buhjariwho was represented by the Minister of State for Health, Olorunnibe Mamora,said the implementation of the residency training Act of 2017 had helped thesurgical college to improve in its training viability.
Hesaid that WACS had excelled in the last six decade of its existence in itsprimary responsibility of training specialists.
President,West Africa Health Organisation, WAHO Stanley Okolo, asked for more support forthe organisation as the health sector was the most demanding in the West Africansub-region. According to him, the health sector is consuming about 25 per centof the annual budget of each country in West Africa.