Health Commissioner Tasks New Employees on Professionalism 

The Rivers State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Adaeze Chidinma Oreh, has tasked new employees in the State Hospital Management Board to display the highest standard of professionalism in the discharge of their duties.

The commissioner gave the charge during a one-day orientation for newly employed staff of the Rivers State Health Management Board in Port Harcourt.

Dr Oreh said Governor Siminalayi Fubara’s vision in the healthcare sector cannot be realised without their inputs.

She urged the new employees to count themselves lucky to be among those selected for the employment among those applied for the job.

Also speaking, the Permanent Secretary, Rivers State Ministry of Health, Dr. Mekele Igwe, commended Governor Fubara for the employment into the health sector, urging the new employees to reciprocate the governor’s gesture by putting in their best to advance the health sector in the State.

In his own address, the Chief Medical Director, Rivers State Hospital Management Board, Dr. Bright Ogbonda, disclosed that over 27,000 persons applied for the job.

Ogbonda commended Governor Fubara for approving the remodelling of all zonal hospitals in the State, and for giving approval for the procurement of equipment for all General Hospitals in the State.

A keynote speaker, Professor John Ikimalo, who spoke on “Ethical Considerations in Healthcare Provision”, urged the newly employed staff to be abreast with ethical issues in the discharge of their duties.

Some of the new employees who spoke to our correspondent commended Fubara for giving them a sense of belonging, adding that by giving them employment, the governor has proven himself to be a friend of the masses.

John Bibor