By Dominion Okechukwu
The David Umahi Federal University Teaching Hospital (DUFUTH), Ebonyi State has revealed that only 323 out of the 8,000 applicants that applied for various positions in the recruitment exercise at the hospital were recruited.
Chief Medical Director of the hospital, Professor Agwu Uzoma disclosed this at the hospital on Monday.
She noted that only the 323 persons that were recruited were approved by the federal government for the hospital.
Agwu said the hospital will need 2,000 more staff in the next two years to get to the maximum condition it should be.
“The list of our recruitment is out as you can see and it is approved. Out of the 8,000 that came for the recruitment interview, we are having approval for 323.
“The process took some time but it is over and alot of people are happy and nobody can say that he or she bought any of the positions.
“We have started documenting quite number of them and we are again pursuing for more waiver because this can never be enough. We need about 2,000 in the next two years to get this place to the minimum condition that we want it to be”, she stated.
The CMD urged the federal government to provide more power to the hospital, stressing epileptic power supply was threatening medical activities in the hospital.
“We want solar lights, the federal government should give us more solar lights. We need solar lights not only in the hospital but also in staff quarters. Everyone needs light to be healthy, we need light for the hospital, for the equipment and for the patients to be comfortable while on admission and for the staff here
“If the federal government can give us light and take the bill, it will help. We have been asking for that, I don’t know how that will be possible because of privatization and all that but our hospital needs to be given power.
“We don’t need to be billed for power to give Nigerians what they really need from health care service delivery centres or institutions”, Agwu said.