By Afariogun Mary
Medical and Dental Consultants’ Association of Nigeria ( MDCAN) has sought for Federal Government’s intervention in the crisis brewing at Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Owo.
Chairman of MDCAN in the hospital, Dr Samuel Faturoti, made the call in a statement issued on Monday in Akure.
The crisis rocking the Medical Centre is centred on the purported re-appointment of the Chief Medical Director (CMD), Dr Liasu Adeagbo, after his retirement from the health institution at the age of 60.
Faturoti said that the CMD would be clocking 60, the official retirement age, in July and so, was expected to have proceeded on the mandatory three months terminal leave, ahead of retirement.
He said that Adeagbo had served for two years and four months in acting capacity, adding that by April, he would have served for four years as the substantive CMD.
“We remain resolute in our demand that the CMD deserves his retirement and nothing more after the expiration of his present tenure.
“We are confident that the supervising ministry and the Honourable Minister of State for Health will do the needful, to sustain the confidence reposed in the civil service and prevent the palpable tension at the centre from snowballing.
“Moreso, the centre has within the system a sizeable number of equally eligible and capable consultants (within the stipulated age limit), any of whom can be appointed to pilot the affairs of the hospital,” he stated.
The MDCAN chairman added that it was more worrisome that he and members of the hospital’s board of management had no knowledge of the process or procedure that led to the re-appointment.
“Within the last two weeks, the hospital community has witnessed a desperate attempt by the medical director to hang on to power despite the rising tension.
“This is exemplified by his tactical support for the activities of an apparently illegal union: United Workers for Patient Care.
“The union, with no national base or any known branch in any federal or state hospital in Nigeria, has been exhibiting conduct likely to cause breach of peace within the hospital.
“As a responsible stakeholder, we have formally notified appropriate security agencies in this regard,” he stated.
Faturoti described the CMD’s reappointment as an infringement on the public service rules (PSR) as the focal point of the operational framework, regulatory principles, charter of right, privileges and duties of all public servants in Nigeria.
Reacting, Adeagbo briefly said “there is peace in the hospital”
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