Medical experts from FMC Yenagoa benefit from training by Italian medical team

 Medical experts from FMC Yenagoa benefit from training by Italian medical team

Some 30 medical professionals from the Federal Medical Centre (FMC) Yenagoa on Tuesday commenced a three day training on Advanced Life Saving Scheme..

Speaking at the opening ceremony, Chief Medical Director (CMD) of the hospital Dr Dennis Alagoa noted that the capacity building exercise was to update the skills of its workforce.

He said that the training is being provided by an Italian medical humanitarian organisatin ONG POBIC-ONLUS.

The  CMD who was represented by the Director of Clinical Services Dr Pre-Preye Numbere noted that the collaboration between the hospital and medical charity dated back to 2014 when they signed a Memorandumof Undersanding.

He urged the beneficiaries drawn from various units of the hospital to utilie the training opportunities to update their knowledge to improve service delivery to their patients.

Also speaking, Mr Paolo Novelin, President of POBIC-ONLUS who spoke through an interpreter noted that the exercise was a follow up to an earlier one on Basic Life Saving Scheme conducted at the hospital in 2015.

According to Novelin the organization has facilitated 17 free open heart surgeries to indigent children below 15 year in Italy adding that plans are underway to open a unit with FMC to carry out the surgeries in Nigeria.

He said that continous training was critical to quality healthcare delivery and urged the participants to avail themselves of the training scheme and upgrade their skills.