Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, has approved the release of over N300million grant to 389 medical doctors on residency training in the state civil service.
It was gathered that the released fund would meet 2023 to 2024 Residency Training Grant requirements ranging from N800,000 to N900,000 per resident doctor for each year.
About 215 resident doctors received the funding for the year 2023, while 174 resident doctors had so far received the training grant in 2024 in the state.
A statement signed by the governor’s Chief Press Secretary (CPS), Nelson Chukwudi, said with the milestone, the governor had set a new record in the healthcare funding as residency training grants had only been paid twice in the past 16 years, with the last one paid in 2018.
The governor expressed the belief that with such support from his administration, the benefitting medical doctors would be dutiful with the residency training, describing it as an essential stage of graduate medical education to acquire the needed competence.
The Commissioner for Health, Dr Adaeze Chidinma Oreh, acknowledged the importance of the course updates and components to the capacity of the personnel to address the challenges in quality healthcare delivery in the State.
Dr Oreh said: “These are essential for doctors to stay current with the latest medical knowledge and practices, ensuring they can provide the best possible care to patients.
“Research is a critical component of medical training, and these funds help cover the costs associated with developing and presenting research proposals and dissertations.
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