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Re-Needed: One standard hospital per state by Hassan Gimba
As a student of Education, I am not unmindful of the fact that the concept of “Giftedness” cannot be defined, but rather described. This is because, giving a definition is capable of making the idea confined to certain limitations, and in the real sense, it is unlimited. One can be gifted in speaking, running, building, design, shooting, cooking, dancing, make-up, etc. (Dr.) Hassan Gimba is indeed gifted in writing. He is one of the very few writers that no matter how tight my schedules are, I always find it difficult to skip his column, even if it means carrying it over to a leisure time. Everytime I read him, I become more educated, enlightened and better informed.
The part II of the article for this week is more detailed and all-encompassing than the part I of last week. Apart from the usual plausibility, ensured connection and proper linkage between words, sentences and paragraphs, one other area the writer displayed expertise is the usage of medical terminologies and their appropriate placements as if he belongs to the medical profession.
The three unique components that keep Saudi-German Hospital different from our hospitals as enumerated by the writer are: adequate infrastructure, modern equipment and highly trained personnel. Of course, these make a hospital. Nigeria as a nation and individual state governments can afford such. What is most needed for the actualisation of the above is *Genuine commitment and sincerity of intent* from the Executives.
For the infrastructure and modern hospital equipment; giving priority to health, adequate budgetary provisions, prudence and judicious use of public resources can guarantee them, especially looking at the frivolous and wasteful expenditure by governments coupled with the massive corruption in the economy. If these are attended to, one will be left with the thought that Nigeria stands a chance to compete favourably with its contemporaries.
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For highly trained personnel, it’s a common knowledge that Nigeria records high rate of brain drain especially in the medical profession. This became a source of serious concern that even made National Assembly to take action. It is also a fact that those Nigerian expatriates perform excellent oversees in terms of adherence to set standards and exhibition of ethical practice of their professions in line with global best practices. This is a pointer that with conducive atmosphere, we can bell the cat.
However, before conclusion, I thought the justification for the topic would be elaborated more than it was, to unveil detailed illustrations and arguments on how we can get it right as a nation, considering the fact that it’s the basis upon which the article was developed on.
For instance, one may argue that each state of the federation has a Federal Medical Centre and/or a Teaching Hospital as tertiary health care providers. The fact remains that those hospitals are overwhelmed, bedevilled with lack of adequate infrastructure, modern equipment and shortages of manpower, making them unable to perform optimally.
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From another angle, one needs to ponder and reflect on the National Orthopaedic Hospital, Dala, Kano and National Eye Centre, Kaduna. They are specialized hospitals built by military administrations, serving at least 20 states for numerous years. With the decades of years after their establishments, it is expected that the 25 years of transitional democracy should have extended such types of hospitals to geopolitical zones and even states. Unfortunately, even the conventional hospitals are not enough not to talk of the specialized and no one raises eyebrow.
Despite being a member of the senior citizens “association” I am astonished and at the same time impressed that even at this age, he is still able to recall vividly, the stanzas of the primary book of Islamic Jurisprudence “Qurdabi”. It is actually an interesting book that its relevance isn’t outlived for the knowledge hidden therein. Adherents of Wahabiyya school of thought will reject the recitation of Qurdabi or criticize a portion of it for sharing a different understanding of an aspect of Theology with the author especially where he’s talking about the Creator in the book “Li annahu kaana wala makaana…..” simply translated as; He (Allah) is a Being but not confined to a location. This, perhaps, may be a topic for another day.
May the vital information presented in the article, as given free of charge, without consultation fee serve as eye-opener to our leaders and impact positively on the populace. May Allah reward the writer for the knowledge and experience shared. May he also live long in good health and abundant blessings of Allah to continue giving the society, sense of direction.
Thank you.
Yusuf Alhaji Lawan writes from Hausawa Asibiti Ward, Potiskum Yobe State. He can be reached via nasidi30@gmail.com.
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