As part of strategy to boost health services and improve it's indices in the state, the State Government has put in place a Demonstration Clinic that will soon commence operation at the state's College of Health Technology.
The Parmanent Secretary Hospital Management Board, Dr Adeniran Ikuomola who led the team of directors of the board to inspect the facility said the idea of building a health facility to serve as a Demonstration Clinic that will serve the training needs of students of the school and communities around the school, was a laudable initiative and investment.
Dr Ikuomola said the clinic will enhance the quality of training of the students as this will on the long run make them better health workers when fully trained, this in turn will boost services in the health sector and improve health indices of the state.
He promised to give needed support in terms of manpower to run the facility when certain amendment which he had pointed out have been carried out as the board had always collaborated effectively with the school in terms of staffing .
The school's Provost, Dr Felix Olawoye stated reasons for establishing the Demonstration Clinic to include; keying into the vision of the State Governor of making qualitative healthcare available to residents of the State,providing quality low and medium manpower for Health Facilities in the State.
In his words, the school Demonstration Clinic is a mini Teaching Hospital to train students of the school so they can have a mastery of their profession before they leave the school.
Dr Olawoye also disclosed that a Nutrition Clinic is being built around the Demonstration Clinic to advise the public on their nutritional needs and harmful food to avoid, this initiative is to protect residents from the uprising of various diseases arising from wrong eating habits.
On the entourage of the Permanent Secretary are; the Director Finance and Administration of the Board, Barr. Segun Akosile, Director Hospital Services, Dr Bobola Babatola and Director Nursing services Dr (Mrs) Yetunde Olawale.
In another development, the College of Health Technology conducted a Computer Based admission test (CBT) for those seeking admission into the school for 2019/2020 academic session.
The Provost of the institution ,Dr Felix Olawoye said about one thousand, three hundred and fifty candidates are competing for one thousand one hundred spaces.
Dr Olawoye who said the college is the 1st School of Health Technology in Nigeria to conduct computer based test for new entrants, said CBT is cost effective and does not give room for fraud as applicants get their results before leaving the computer lab.
He added that the school is about starting Ordinarily National Diploma (OND) in Nutrition and Dietetics as applicants are coming in through JAMB.
The Provost however sounded a note of warning to applicants that the school will not condone any form of immorality and will continually weed bad students out of the school so that the vision of the government for the institution could be accomplished.
It was observed that some applicants who came for the exam were not ICT compliant and the Consultant and his team had to assist them to be able to do the exam.
In his response to this, the Consultant, Mr Gideon Omoregha said though the exam was peaceful and hitch free, some candidates failed to practice and acquire ICT skill which gave them an additional task.
He advised secondary school leavers to endeavour to be ICT compliant as they can not do without it.
