Dr Onyema Edward, an Electronic and Telecommunications Engineer, has referred to 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 scale back the nation’s dependence on international medical companies.
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 secure, environment friendly, and technology-driven healthcare supply.
Dr Edward mentioned, “Establishing Clinical Engineering Directorates would promote preventive upkeep, enhance affected person security, strengthen the capability of healthcare professionals and guarantee simpler utilisation of fashionable medical gear.
“The proposed framework additionally seeks to combine fragmented clinical engineering professionals right into a coordinated governance construction inside the Federal Ministry of Health, federal tertiary healthcare establishments and state healthcare programs.”
He additionally disclosed his plan to have interaction 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 growth, in addition to the development and implementation of rising applied sciences.
He expressed optimism that each initiatives, if correctly applied, may contribute to constructing a technology-driven, safer and extra self-reliant Nigeria.
