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should be regretting that
there is no Directorate of
Medical Laboratory Services
as stated in the extant
scheme of service in the
state Ministry of Health,
Hospitals Management Board
and Primary Health Care
Board despite the fact that
there are about 5
substantive directors on
grade level 16 who according
to him are without
portfolios.
The state boss of
Association of Medical
Laboratory Scientists of
Nigeria, also pleaded with
Gov. Amaechi to enhance the
practice of the profession
as applicable to medical
doctors and reminded him
that the inauguration of
board of hospitals
management board is long
overdue.
He however appreciated Gov.
Amaechi for employing about
42 Medical Laboratory
Scientists to head the
labouratories in the Primary
Health Care Centres across
the State, adding that more
scientists are needed in the
remaining health care
centres.
Dr. Mbata further disclosed
that the profession which is
regulated by Medical
Laboratory Scientists
Council of Nigeria (MLSCN)
is aimed at sanitizing and
restoring confidence of the
clinician and public in the
quality of laboratory test
results and called for the
use of professionals.
In her address, the chairman
of the 2012 BIOMEDICAL WEEK
planning committee,
Obi-Thomas Jane N. hinted
that the weeklong
celebration which has “lassa
fever and public Health: the
role of Medical Laboratory
Scientists in Definitive
Diagnosis” as its theme,
hinted that the essence of
the programme was to create
the much needed awareness on
lassa fever and educate the
public on critical health
issues that would impact
positively on their health
status.
Earlier in his opening
remarks, the chairman of the
occasion, Sir Isaiah Choko
advised the association to
be committed to their
profession whether in the
private or public practice
and warned them against
being carried away by the
monetary gains they make at
the detriment of their
patients.###
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