By Abdulgafar Oladimeji.
The Institute for Dietetics in Nigeria IDN Kano State Chapter has tasked the management of Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (AKTH) to establish an internship center to ease the burden of prospective dialecticians in Northern Nigeria.
The President, Institute of Dietetics In Nigeria (IDN) RDN Auwal Musa Umar made the appeal on Thursday, during a visit to the Chief Medical Director, CMD of AKTH, professor Abdulrahman Sheshe as parts of activities to mark the 2021 National Nutrition Month(NNM)
Auwal said explained that there is the urgent essence to set up an internship center for dietetics in the hospital adding that the center should be targeted to reduce the huge number of graduates that could not practice the profession owing to the absence of an accredited center in the region.
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He further appealed to the management of the hospital to encourage its members of staff attached to the Nutrition and Dietetics Department to proceed on further studies to broaden their horizons.
He said, “ this visit was a part of the activities of the association designed to celebrate National Nutrition Month (NNM) which takes place in March of every year when we focus on the importance of making informed food choices and developing sound eating and physical activity habits.”
The CMD, AKTH, Professor Abdurrahman Sheshe express his delight over the existence of aegis for practicing dieticians in the state.
Sheshe said “ we are absolutely ready to work together for the betterment of the good people of Kano State and Nigeria at large.
“Students need to have a place for their training in the hospital for the purpose of producing professional Dietitians, who can execute the tasks given, for a better solution as well as a designed approach to the management of patients.
“The importance of Nutrition and Dietetics cannot be over-emphasized, we are working hard with Bayero University Kano, BUK, to move the course from the Basic Medical Sciences to Allied Health Sciences because it is a pure clinical course.
The CMD also pledged to engage Bayero University Kano, BUK with the motive to pursue the creation of an internship Centre for Dietitians in the hospital.
