27 NAUTH staff win merit award

Twenty-seven (27) staff of Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital, NAUTH, Nnewi, have been honoured with Merit Award for distinguishing themselves in the area of their primary

assignments in the hospital. The management of the hospital organised the ceremony through the newly created Corporate Affairs Department in the institution.

Some of the workers honoured were from Accident and Emergency, Accounts, Administration, and Audit Departments. Others were also from, Anaesthesiology, Chemical Pathology, Community Medicine and the Health Centre in Neni; the Dental Clinic Department; the Guinness Eye Centre, Onitsha; Hematology, Histology, Internal Medicine, Medical Social Service and the Medical Records Departments.

They also came from the NAUTH Annex, Awka; NAUTH Comprehensive Health Centre, Ukpo and Umunya; NAUTH Trauma Centre, Oba; Nutrition/Dietetics, Nursing Services, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Pharmacy, Physiotherapy, Radiology, School of Health Information Management, School of Nursing and the Works Department of the institution.

They recipients included Mrs Scholastica Azubike, David Igbokwe, Dr Cyril Nwachukwu, Dr Okeke Chijioke, Chinwe Nwosu, Okiri Benedict, Dike Michael, Edoga Francis, Okolo Florence, Ezeodili Nkechi, Charity Onyeaso, Albertus Chilaka Isaac Chidi and Leo Maduabu among others. Speaking on the occasion, the Chairman of the NAUTH Management Board, Dr Sylvan Ebigwei, urged the workers to try and make the difference wherever they found themselves in positions of leadership or follower-ship to impact positively on others.

“Many of you have been in this institution for many years and you must have difficulties being here. Nobody has considered it wise to institute a committee known as Service Delivery Committee here. This is the first board that instituted it, and the essence of the Service Delivery Committee is to look into the welfare of staff, issues of the workability and functionality of the equipment and various organs of this establishment both within and outside.

“Since we came and have the singular honour of chairing this committee, we have gone round, visited every units, giving out data forms for all of you to fill your complaints. Those who felt cheated in placements, promotions and advancements… Many of you have the capacity…

“When you are happy, you put in your best. This is a medical institution and it is the duty of each and every one of you to deliver the standard that is synonymous with the best practices all over the world. I must say that despite the constraints here; in terms of infrastructure or otherwise, I think I can rate this hospital as one of the best in this country.

“Some consultants do not have room enough to describe as their offices. In all the departments many people do not have enough space because this compound is the old Nnewi General Hospital if I am correct, which had been converted to a teaching hospital. “The good thing is that if you go to the permanent site you will see the enormous work being done and I pray that very soon most of you will be transferred to the new site where you will have enough space to work. I have to plead and admonish all of you that the country is going through tight financial difficulty…,’’ he said.