JUMADA-AWWAL 7, 1429 A.H.
TUESDAY, MAY 13 2008
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Kano govt to partner with Dala Orthopaedic Hospital to improve citizens healthcare
KANO state government has reaffirmed its determination to partner with National Orthopaedic Hospital, Dala, Kano, with the aim to improve the healthcare status of the citizenry.
The state governor Malam Ibrahim Shekarau, who was represented by the state commissioner of health, Malama Aishatu Isiyaku Kiru, stated this at the combined 6th convocation ceremony for the Post Basic Orthopaedic School intakes for 2004/2007 for health assistants orthopaedic course (plaster school), held at Hospital’s graduation ground, Saturday.
The governor added that human development could not be achieved without good health and therefore the aim of the state government is to boost health care services at all levels.
He enjoined the graduands to make good use of the knowledge acquired.
On his part, senior medical director of the hospital, Dr. Kabir Abubakar, explained that the hospital is the first of its kind in Nigeria to recognise the importance of training nurses to become specialists in orthopaedic, describing the occasion as a significant one because it was an opportunity to celebrate the success of the students.
Also speaking, the director general Hospitals Management Board, Kano state, Dr. Ibrahim Adamu Yakasai, explained that it was a great occasion to witness the graduation of the students, pointing that 17 of the graduands were sponsored by the Kano state government and enjoined the students to be good ambassadors of their school.
In her address, the assistant director, nursing/coordinator, School of Health Assistant Orthopaedic, Mrs. N.O. Lawal, explained that the hospital is the first of its kind in Nigeria to start the training of health assistant orthopaedics, as it’s evidently clear that poor application of Plaster of Paris is greatly reduced though not eradicated.
She also said that the school has successfully trained about 184 students with Kano and Jigawa states having the highest percentage.
In addition, she said the school has grown from an attachment training in 1987 to a national accepted standard, adding that the school’s enrolment has consistently been on the increase from inception of the training to date.
