Tina Amanda
Wife of Rivers State Governor, Justice Suzzette Eberechi Nyesom Wike, has urged medical practitioners in the state to develop themselves by acquiring new knowledge and techniques for personal enhancement in their profession.
Justice Suzzette Nyesom Wike stated this during the opening ceremony of 2019 Medical Women Association Week, with the theme: “Building Capacity for Doctors and other Health Care Professional for a Healthier World.”
Her Excellency who was represented by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health, Dr Caroline Wali, said there is a need for health professionals to upgrade themselves with the latest medical skills, in order to manage latest equipment and techniques on ground.
“There is a need for personal development and self-appraisal; Health practitioners must always evaluate themselves to know if they have the capacity to do certain things in the facilities they work at, be it private or public. Technologies these days have greatly improved, so they should follow the trend and get developed with the latest medical training, which can be obtained online.
“There is a common saying that knowledge is power, if health personnel can be creative, think outside the box without waiting for someone to push them to it, I am sure they will do better in their profession.”
She further urged medical women to extend their health programmes to the various communities in the state, adding that people in rural areas are in most need of health services and awareness.
On her part, National President Medical Women Association of Nigeria, Dr Minnie Oseji, in her keynote lecture, said medical practitioners need training and counselling on how to handle patients outside drug prescription and treatment.
“We need training in the techniques for counselling, and one of such training is cognitive behavioural therapy so that when a patient that has the risk comes, we identify them, do one or two things before referring them to other experts. Some times in the process of identifying and referring, if it’s too long, it may be too late.”
