The Chief Medical Director, Federal Instructing Hospital, Ido Ekiti, Prof. Ebenezer Ajayi, has suggested medical and healthcare practitioners who had gone overseas for greener pastures to contemplate contributing to the event of the Nigerian well being sector.
Ajayi reminded them that travelling to international lands shouldn’t be an excuse for them to overlook their birthplace and the necessity to develop the well being sector in Nigeria within the curiosity of their individuals again house.
Ajayi spoke to journalists at Ido Ekiti on Sunday on the sidelines of the 2024 Christmas Carol Service and the meritorious awards to deserving workers organised by the tertiary facility.
The CMD, talking on the well being sector employees who had left the shores of the nation beneath the Japa syndrome, stated, “They’ve travelled; we simply hope that they may discover causes to both return or contribute to the event of the well being sector in Nigeria from wherever they’re.
“It isn’t simply solely by being bodily obtainable; they’ll additionally contribute in numerous different methods from the place they’re.
“Don’t forget your base, don’t forget the place you had been skilled, don’t forget the place your individuals reside and don’t forget your nation! That’s my message to them.”
He expressed gladness that FETHI had continued to have a collection of accomplishments by way of giving succour to individuals and enchancment within the high quality of supply as he inspired workers to proceed to provide their greatest.
The CMD, who stated that the yearly Christmas Carol Service was to understand God for sparing the lives of the workers and rejoice achievements within the outgoing 12 months, added that the award ceremony was to recognise workers contributions in a bid to encourage the recipients and others to do extra.
He stated, “This hospital began about 27 years in the past. There are individuals who began with the hospital and have been dedicated to providing high quality service to the populace utilizing the platform of the FETHI, each scientific and non-clinical members of workers. This 12 months, we’re recognising 40 members of workers on this class.
“Additionally, we’re rewarding 18 members of workers within the people class for sterling qualities and performances. They’ll be rewarded for acts of brilliance, acts of braveness and for having gone past the decision of responsibility to make sure that our sufferers smile and so forth and so forth.
“That is the seventh version of the awards. It is very important recognise the contributions of individuals. That can, in essence, spur them to do extra, encourage our members of workers to do extra, to be extra dedicated to the mission, imaginative and prescient, and the core values of the hospital; we now have to recognise their contributions.
The Director of Administration, FETHI, Mrs Foluso Adelegan, lauded the CMD for his sterling management qualities which she stated had introduced developments to the tertiary facility.
Adelegan rejoiced with the workers on the event of the festive season, urging them to proceed to provide their greatest, saying, “That is our Jerusalem.
“We have to be diligent in no matter deliverables we now have for the hospital. All of us have to work in direction of reaching the imaginative and prescient, mission, and the core values of the hospital so that every one our shoppers, our sufferers will be joyful.”