Dr Onyema Edward, an Electronic and Telecommunications Engineer, has known as on the manager arm of authorities and the National Assembly to make laws for the institution of a Clinical Engineering Directorate, CED, throughout Nigeria’s healthcare system.
He mentioned the laws may strengthen Nigeria’s healthcare infrastructure and cut back the nation’s dependence on overseas medical providers.
His name is contained in his paper titled “Policy Framework for Integrating Clinical Engineering Directorates, CED, in the Nigerian Healthcare System: Lessons from the USA, Canada and the United Kingdom.”
The paper was half of a presentation he made on the Electrical and Electronics Engineers, IEEE, NIGERCON International Conference held on the Faculty of Engineering, University of Lagos.
He mentioned the CED, if adopted by authorities, could be pushed by interdisciplinary engineers, particularly in the areas of Biomedical, Software, Electrical and Electronics, Mechanical, and Computer Engineering, amongst others, working collectively to make sure protected, environment friendly, and technology-driven healthcare supply.
Dr Edward mentioned, “Establishing Clinical Engineering Directorates would promote preventive maintenance, improve patient safety, strengthen the capacity of healthcare professionals and ensure more effective utilisation of modern medical equipment.
“The proposed framework additionally seeks to combine fragmented clinical engineering professionals right into a coordinated governance construction throughout the Federal Ministry of Health, federal tertiary healthcare establishments and state healthcare techniques.”
He additionally disclosed his plan to interact members of the incoming eleventh National Assembly to facilitate the drafting and passage of the laws that would supply a authorized framework for the institution and operation of the proposed directorates.
Beyond the healthcare sector, the engineer additionally highlighted one other coverage initiative, the proposed Nigeria Intelligence System Agency, NISA, which he mentioned was conceived to speed up studying, analysis and improvement, in addition to the development and implementation of rising applied sciences.
He expressed optimism that each initiatives, if correctly carried out, may contribute to constructing a technology-driven, safer and extra self-reliant Nigeria.
