WESLEY UNIVERSITY PARTNERS UNIMEDTH... Efforts to Reposition Healthcare Delivery

 As part of efforts geared towards improving the healthcare sector in Ondo state and by extension Nigeria ,the University of Medical Sciences Teaching Hospital ( UNIMEDTH), Ondo has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Wesley University, Ondo for collaboration  in the areas of provision of clinical extern postings for certain categories of their Medical students and Allied Health programmes. 

The Acting Chief Medical Director (CMD), Dr. Michael  Gbala in his  remarks described the partnership as a positive development towards ensuring the Nigeria health sector is populated with more trained health personnel that would mitigate unending "Japa Syndrome" in the country.

 According to him, the collaboration it is a win-win benefits to both Institutions and the entire  healthcare professional practice in the State at large. 

The Vice-chancellor of Wesley University, Rt. Rev. Prof. Obeka Samuel Sunday (JP) expressed his delight  towards the  friendly disposition of the management of the Hospital at entering into an  MoU with Wesley University, saying the collaboration will engender an enduring  advancement of health related programmes of the school.

 Obeka further lend his voice to the fact the readiness to open doors for exchange of skills expertise among cognate Institutions in the training of healthcare workers will help to address shortage of healthcare professionals which had almost crippled quality healthcare services in  Nigeria and in other African sub-Saharan nations.

The VC enumerates on the merits of the relationship, saying  it would increase students enrollment. More so,  considering the proximity of the two institutions in terms  accessibility for their students. Adding that with the quality of  available  human  resource and infrastructures at UNIMEDTH, it has an advantage to place Wesley University  on a  unique pedestal to start turning out well-groomed  Medical graduates  that could be capable enough to compete effectively with their contemporaries around the world.

Earlier, the Acting Chairman Medical Advisory Committee (CMAC), Dr. Ayodeji Akinbodewa said it is a good step in the right direction, saying the MoU would go along way to birth more medical doctors that would benefit all and sundry. 

He added that, it would create a platform for exchange of ideas between the institutions which would assist to harvest hybrid of information that could help State Government to formulate policies and implementing decisions for the benefits of the healthcare sector.