The House of Representatives on Tuesday criticised chief medical directors (CMDs) of Nigeria’s teaching hospitals over their failure to prioritise research, noting that less than one percent of their budgets is dedicated to medical studies even as disease outbreaks continue to strain the health system.
Speaking on Tuesday during the budget defence session of Federal University Teaching Hospitals, Federal Teaching Hospitals and Federal Medical Centres, Patrick Umoh, chairman of the House Committee on Health Institutions, lamented that teaching hospitals have largely abandoned their core mandate of research and have instead assumed the roles of general hospitals.
Umoh, criticised CMDs for consistently failing to consistently raise the issue of research funding during budget preparations.
