Medical director tasks health workers on quality research

Dr Joshua Giyan, the Medical Director, Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Keffi, Nasarawa State, has advised health workers in the country to embark on quality research to tackle the nation’s health challenges.

Giyan gave the task on Tuesday at a Scientific Research Seminar titled: “Awakening Research Mandate in a Tertiary Health Institution”.

The medical director said: “Every federal tertiary health institution has three mandates which are: provision of tertiary health service, manpower training and research.’’

He said the seminar was meant to encourage staff to embrace research at all times.

“There is the need for all of us to wake up and key into quality operational research, considering the importance of research to quality health care service delivery and development of the nation.

“Let use our potential to carry out research in order to proffer solutions to some of the health challenges facing Nigerians as research brings about new findings.

“Research is not only for doctors, nurses, medical laboratory scientists but it is for everybody to embrace it for innovation,’’ he said.

Giyan said that the management had constituted a Scientific Research Committee to stimulate research among the clinical and non-clinical staff for the overall development of the health sector and the country at large.

He assured the staff of management’s readiness to make funds available for research, especially now that the 2017 budget had been signed.

Earlier, Dr Edeh Christopher, the Chairman, Scientific Research Unit of the centre, said that the seminar was organised to encourage clinical and non-clinical staff to embrace research.

“We want to awaken research because without research, nothing can be done in terms of innovation.

“It is through research that we can have high clinical services and with research you can make a lot of break-through and there will be high quality service delivery,’’ he said.

Christopher, who is also the Head, Dental Department of the FMC, commended the medical director for transforming the centre.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the seminar was organised by the unit for scientific officers and non-clinical staff.