Ben Ezechime, Enugu
The Chairman Enugu State Hospital Management Board (ESHMB), Dr Eric Odo, has threatened to suspend any non- performing Chief Medical Officer in the state.
Odo said this during his maiden meeting with all the chief medical officers in general and cottage hospitals in the state.
He said that today marks a great turn around in the board, adding that he would no longer tolerate the attitude at which most of the medical officers display while carrying out their duties.
The chairman appreciated them for the work they had done so far noting that their efforts was not good enough to save people’s lives.
Odo frowned at the abysmal management of the hospital under them adding that he would roll out the dos and donts in respect to the hospital administration and management henceforth.
He, however, said that he would withhold salary of anybody bent on continuing with the way and manner they used in carrying out their duties.
The medical practitioner explained the need for the chief medical officers to take full charge of the hospitals under their watch and to ensure that positive measures are being taken.
He said that he would not tolerate cases of dereliction of duty, absenteeism, lateness to work and outright corrupt practices.
Odo urged them to always sustain and maintain their various hospitals adding that how functional their hospitals were would determine how they would be rated.
He hinted that the essence of the meeting was to ensure effective and efficient health care service delivery to all Enugu people.
The chairman said that Gov. Peter Mbah led administration desires to ensure that secondary health care should be at the same par with its contemporaries in the world.
While responding, the chief medical officers unanimously enumerated some of their challenges to include, inadequate personnel, lack of power supply, dilapidated building, moribund equipment, lack of operational vehicles and others.
The medical officers, however, appreciated the new chairman for his zeal to turn things around and promised to put in their best to ensure a positive change.
