Commissioner Tasks Medical Graduates On Technology

The Rivers State Commissioner for Health, Prof Princewill Chike, has called on 21st century medical graduates to be technology-minded, to enable them be in a better stead to cope with the demands of modern medical practice.
He stated that the ability of the 21st century medical graduates to adapt favourably to the use of modern technology relating to medical practice will stand them out in this era of increase in diseases that have defied hitherto known medications.
According to the commissioner, beyond mere adherence to the oath to save lives, the 21st century medical graduate also has to contend with a myriad of disease conditions which have continuously expanded in type and category, making it mandatory for the medical profession to seek technology, which has also evolved to meet the health needs of the people.

Making the call recently in a paper titled, “The 21st Century Nigerian Medical Graduate and the Future of Medical Practice”, at the 4th matriculation ceremony of “PAMO University of Medical Sciences”, in the State, Chike said the 21st century medical graduate is significantly different from those before him.
“When viewed from the milieu of socio-cultural and politc-economic developments, the 21st century medical graduate bears a very significant difference from his fore bears in the profession, and it opens a myriad of cosmic postulations of what to envisage as the future of the practice”, he said.
While noting how medical practice has evolved over the years from inception and the challenges therefrom, the commissioner said the 21st century medical graduate has advantage of a better learning opportunities to become a mastermind in his chosen career space.
“Few years ago, you had to slap severally, the dorsum of the patient’s hand in a sweaty, painstaking frustration to find what we often call a difficult vein”, he said.
Today, modern science uses infra-red technology which visually lights up the venous paths and identifies blood flow direction on the skin by a single push of the button.

By: Sogbeba Dokubo