Medical Tourism: Gov Zulum Approves Employment Of 52 Medical Staff In Gwoza

• Last month, Zulum visited a hospital in darkness, directed rehabilitation due to deteriorating conditions
• Kullima addresses Zulum’s directive to assess health facilities in Gwoza

Babagana Umara Zulum, the governor of Borno State, has approved the immediate hiring of 52 medical personnel, including two doctors, eight nurses and midwives, and 42 other support workers.

Professor Abubakar Ali Kullima, the main medical director of the Borno State Hospital Management Board, revealed Zulum’s consent during a weekend visit to the General Hospital in Gwoza Town.

The governor’s approval fulfils a pledge he made to solve the medical staff shortfall in order to ensure that the expanding healthcare demands of Gwoza’s population can be satisfied.

Zulum, it would be recalled, had paid a midnight visit to the hospital last month, during which the hospital was in darkness amid deteriorating conditions. He had therefore directed the rehabilitation of the hospital.

Although he was unhappy with the hospital’s condition, the governor commended the staff who were providing medical services despite poor working conditions.

At the weekend, food items that included rice, sugar, beans, cooking oil and other condiments were distributed to the staff as directed by the governor.

While the rice, sugar and cooking oil were provided from the Government House in Maiduguri, the Hospital Management Board purchased the condiments, the CMD explained.

Kullima said he was in Gwoza on Zulum’s directive to assess all health facilities across the state to address problems facing health centres.

He visited Bama, Uba, Lassa, Askira, Chibok, Konduga, and Damboa General Hospitals.

“Following my appointment as the chief medical director of Hospitals Management Board (HMB) by Governor Babagana Umara Zulum, I was mandated to ensure that all hospitals under the HMB are effectively functioning,” he said.

He added, “In that respect, I promptly mobilised the management team to commence physical assessment visits to all hospitals under the board.”