Enugu – The Faculty of Clinical Medicine, Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT), will on Monday, February 24, hold a mentorship workshop.

The Workshop which will hold at the College Auditorium, will commence by 12noon with both staff and students expected to participate.

Anchored on the theme: “Accelerating Career Growth in an Educational Workplace Through Effective and Successful Mentoring”, the workshop will have Senior Personal Assistant (SPA) to the Enugu State Governor on Health, Dr Yemi Jaye and Dr Nkeiru Kizor-Akaraiwe, a Professor of Ophthalmology, as Speakers.

The Vice-Chancellor, ESUT, Professor Aloysius-Michaels Okolie will serve as the Chief Host while the Workshop will be hosted by the Provost, ESUT College of Medicine, Prof Uchenna Ekwochi.

Speaking on the essence of the Workshop, the Dean, Faculty of Clinical Medicine, Professor Umezurike Okafor, said the workshop is aimed at bringing to the fore, the importance of mentoring in life, institutions of learning and to broder the scope on Mentor/mentee relationship for enhanced career development and growth.

“The Workshop on mentorship is to bring to the fore the benefits of mentoring in our life and living, highlight the attributes of mentor/mentee and their relationships .

“This will educate the ESUCOM/ESUT community and reinforce the need for functional mentorship to enhance career development and growth. Our roles as teachers does not end at going to the classrooms to teach and go, it is important that we take keen interest on the career development and progression of these children,” Prof Okafor said.

The Workshop which is the first of its kind in ESUCOM will become an annual event.

It could be recalled, that the ESUCOM has become a beehive of activities recently as a result of the pragmatic administration of Prof Uchenna Ekwochi. This year alone, the College has conducted Town Hall Meetings with the Staff and students, held induction/oat taking ceremony for new medical graduates and then the Mentorship Workshop.

This is outside the Innovative Merit Award held on 16th December 2024, among others geared towards enhancing learning, promoting efficiency in service and enthronement of academic excellence in the College.

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A university lecturer, Professor Umezurike Hughes Okafor has called for the establishment of kidney centre in Enugu State.

Prof Okafor made the call on Thursday while delivering the Enugu State University of Science and Technology, ESUT’s 38th Inaugural Lecture at the College of Medicine, Parklane Enugu.

Discussing the topic: “Would you like to live a healthy life? Then keep the Purifier Purified” Dr Okafor lamented the increasing wave of kidney transplant tourism by South East residents to countries such as India, UK and US.

While explaining the concept of kidney as the body purifier, Prof Okafor opined that lack of adequate care, healthy live mechanisms has exposed the kidney to dangerous ailments which when not detected early could lead to chronic outcomes

“Recently we carried out a study among kidney transplant patients in South East Nigeria with the aim of determining the frequency and pattern of transplant in the region. We found out that 99% of patents had their transplant in India with majority of them using commercial donors. We observed that 6 were carried out in Nigeria, 4 in UK and 113 in India.

“India was also the country with cheapest cost. This bring us to the fact that out of 126 patients studied, Nigeria had only 6. This is not as a result of lack of qualified personnel of doctors, but lack of establishing kidney centers.

“It is important to emphasize at this point and this is also a call, on the Enugu State Government to establish kidney centre in the state that will take care of kidney related issues among the people in the region, particularly. When kidney infirmities are detected earlier, survival rate is high,” he said.

Prof Okafor who highlighted instances of kidney cases he has handled both at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital and currently at the ESUT College of Medicine, gave explanations on why he chose the topic and advised Nigerians on what to do to keep the kidney healthy.

“The title of this Inaugural Lecture stems from the fact that the kidney is the purifier and contributes immensely to our healthy living. Through my sojourn in renal medicine, I have seen people with ill health, hard stories of woes, torment, truncated/unfulfilled dreams, shattered relationships, and families thrown into poverty whenever the purifier is not healthy or purified.

“To live a healthy live and keep the Purifier Purified, you need to take at least two litres of water daily, avoid high salt or sodium intake, be cautious with sugar, take fruits and vegetables, keep fit and active, do not smoke, be cautious or avoid using unprescribed medications, be sure of that herb and supplements you want to take, report any abnormality to your health practitioner,” he advused.

Earlier while declaring the lecture opened, the Vice-Chancellor, ESUT, Professor Aloysius-Michaels Okolie, said that the current management of the university pays premium attention to Inaugural lecture adding that the momentum will be sustained.

He explained why the 38th Inaugural Lecture was held at the College of Medicine instead of Agbani, the main campus of the university.

“It is important for us to broaden our spectrum. When the decision to host the 38th Inaugural Lecture was made, some persons kicked against it, but one thing we discovered today is the fact that this auditorium has become too small to accommodate the people in it. This leaves us with the decision to now start talking about expansion.

“In UNN where I came from, if Inaugural Lecture is being held and the lecturer comes from UNEC, it holds in UNEC. If from Nsukka, it holds in Nsukka. It is important for us to balance the situation and give each campuses equal stake.

“After today, the next Inaugural Lecture, the 39th edition, will hold in two weeks’ time at Agbani. Before the end of the year, we are going to design a new robe for all Inaugural Lecturers so that only those who have delivered their inaugural lectures will wear it,” he concluded.

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