AE-FUNAI, us based women medical healthcare and diagnostic pc to collaborate on training of medical students

Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu-Alike, Ebonyi State and a United States based organization; Women Medical Healthcare and Diagnostic PC have agreed to collaborate on the training of medical students and re-training of academic staff especially those in the institution’s College of Medicine.
This was made known yesterday when the Vice-Chancellor of the University, Professor Chinedum Nwajiuba hosted the President and Chief Executive Officer of Women Medical Healthcare and Diagnostic PC, Brooklyn, United States, Dr. Marcel Ajah, at his office.

Welcoming the guest, the Vice-Chancellor said that educational institutions should find ways of helping students to discover themselves so that they could be the best in their respective fields and decried the situation where today’s Nigerian universities were not known for anything-without a niche or specialty area unlike what was obtainable before.

He explained that AE-FUNAI was geared towards doing things differently by setting and sustaining a world-class academic standard that would make the students globally competitive on graduation.
He equally noted that to achieve the goal, the University has established viable collaborations with many international institutions, stressing that he was also interested in bringing in distinguished Nigerians in Diaspora to come to the University on fellowship programmes to enable them share their experiences and thereby, contribute to the educational development of the nation.


In his remarks, Dr. Ajah, an American Board certified Senior Consultant in Obstetrics, Gynecology and Laparoscopic Surgery, urged the University to ensure that the training of its medical students was synchronized with what is happening in hospitals to enable them transit effortlessly from basic sciences to clinical.
He further explained that good work attitude and insistence on acceptable standard from inception were the factors necessary to run a quality medical school, charging the university not to take it for granted. He also pledged to support the University in its drive to run a medical school that would be the cynosure of all eyes in Nigeria.