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MEDICAL SOCIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT

Accreditation Status

The Department of Medical Social Services was established in August 1982 with the goal of linking patients to available resources within the hospital and the community. The Department has increased tremendously in size and has attained greater heights in quality service delivery.

Name of current Head of Department

Mr. Tende Wilfred

(DIPLOMA, Social Development)

MBA (MGT), MSC (Social Work/Social Welfare Administration)

Composition of Personnel and Staff strength

Staff of Medical Social Services Department.

S/N	NAME	DESIGNATURE
1.	TENDE WILFRED	ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
2.	DERRI STELLA	ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
3.	ATEDUOBIE WAKAMA	ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
4.	ISELEMA WAKAMA	ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
5.	GRAHAM DOUGLAS	ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
6.	AKANI YETUNDE	ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
7.	EPEPE MARY	CHIEF MEDICAL SOCIAL WORKER
8.	GBENEBARA ADARK	ASSIST. CHIEF. MED. SOC. WORKER
9.	NBETE FRIDAY	PRINCIPLE SOCIAL WORKER
10.	MARGARET OGHU	PRINCIPLE SOCIAL WORKER
11.	GILBERT DAGOGO	PRINCIPLE SOCIAL WORKER
12.	NWOGU NOBLE	PRINCIPLE SOCIAL WORKER
13.	UGBOMA NNEKA ALICE	SNR.MEDICAL SOCIAL WORKER
14.	WEKERE FRIDAY	SNR. MEDICAL SOCIAL WORKER
15.	DIEPRIYE EMMANUEL	SNR. MEDICAL SOCIAL WORKER
16.	DIEPRIBO JUSTINA	SNR. MEDICAL SOCIAL WORKER
17.	OGIDO EBIKABOERE	SNR. MEDICAL SOCIAL WORKER
18.	HART ALEXANDER	SNR. MEDICAL SOCIAL WORKER
19.	KELETE NGOR	SNR. MEDICAL SOCIAL WORKER
20.	ORLUWENE EDNA	MEDICAL SOCIAL WORKER 1
21.	CHINDAH FYNE	MEDICAL SOCIAL WORKER 1
22.	HORSEFALL TIYA	MEDICAL SOCIAL WORKER 1
23.	OGBULUJAH ELIZABETH	MEDICAL SOCIAL WORKER 1
24.	AMADI JAMES	MEDICAL SOCIAL WORKER 1
25.	KPOLA GRACE	MEDICAL SOCIAL WORKER 1
26.	ONWUZULIKE CHINYERE	MEDICAL SOCIAL WORKER 1
27.	AMAKIRI CHIZIKE	MEDICAL SOCIAL WORKER 1
28.	BALONGUN MARY	MEDICAL SOCIAL WORKER 1
29.	UDOKA NSIKAK	MEDICAL SOCIAL WORKER 1
30.	OKO-JAJA CHAMBERLAIN	MEDICAL SOCIAL WORKER 1
31.	GBASIBO TAMUNOMI	MEDICAL SOCIAL WORKER 11
32.	AGI MATTHEW	MEDICAL SOCIAL WORKER 11
33.	ORUBITE JOSEPHINE	MEDICAL SOCIAL WORKER 11
34.	SILVERLINE ALACHU	MEDICAL SOCIAL WORKER 11
35.	TARILA FAITH	MEDICAL SOCIAL WORKER 11
36.	AMADI UCHECHUKWU	MEDICAL SOCIAL WORKER 11
37.	BADUBUOCHI WONODI	MEDICAL SOCIAL WORKER 11
38.	KENNETH OSUJI	MEDICAL SOCIAL WORKER 11
39.	DANIEL ORUBITE	MEDICAL SOCIAL WORKER 11
40.	SELEIPRE BARAKA	MEDICAL SOCIAL WORKER 11
41.	NWAMAKA OMODU	MEDICAL SOCIAL WORKER 11
42.	OKAFOR CYNTHIA .C	MEDICAL SOCIAL WORKER 11
43.	MICHEAL UZOR	MEDICAL SOCIAL WORKER 11
44.	MONTY WEST EREBI	MEDICAL SOCIAL WORKER 11
45.	ROSEMARY OGWUAZOR	MEDICAL SOCIAL WORKER 11
46.	EBUBEDIKE JOY CHICHI	MEDICAL SOCIAL WORKER 11
47.	ABASIAMA BEN	MEDICAL SOCIAL WORKER 11
48.	ADABA IKIRIKO	MEDICAL SOCIAL WORKER 11
49.	OGECHI NWOSU	MEDICAL SOCIAL WORKER 11
50.	PATRICIA CLARK	MEDICAL SOCIAL WORKER 11
51.	PHILIP ALERU	MEDICAL SOCIAL WORKER 11
52.	DIETE-SPIFF GLORY	MEDICAL SOCIAL WORKER 11
53.	HART JULIE	MEDICAL SOCIAL WORKER 11
54.	CAROLINE NWOGU	MEDICAL SOCIAL WORKER 11
55.	EDUGHOM BESTMAN	MEDICAL SOCIAL WORKER 11
56.	ATEMIE PRINCEWILL	MEDICAL SOCIAL WORKER 11
57.	MICHEAL UZOR	MEDICAL SOCIAL WORKER 11
58.	IRIAM IWUCHUKWU	MEDICAL SOCIAL WORKER 11
59.	MONTY WEST EREBI	MEDICAL SOCIAL WORKER 11
60.	IFEAOMA ACHILONU	MEDICAL SOCIAL WORKER 11
61.	DULCI OGHU	MEDICAL SOCIAL WORKER 11
62.	ADLINE EMEYA	MEDICAL SOCIAL WORKER 11
63.	AKOKWU ONYINYECHI	MEDICAL SOCIAL WORKER 11
64.	ACHOLONU CHINEYE MARY	MEDICAL SOCIAL WORKER 11
65.	DATUBO OPUSUNJU	ASSIST. MED. SOC. WORKER
66.	ALIBO SOTONYE	ASSIST. MED. SOC. WORKER
67.	KACHI AKWARANDU	ASSIST .MED. SOC. WORKER

ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF

1.	SECUNDUS ESTHER	PRIN.CONF.SEC
2.	OGHOGH IBOH MONDAY	ADMIN OFFICER 1
3.	IRENE ALOBARI	ADMIN OFFICER 11
4.	OKORIE MERCY KALU	CLERICAL OFFICER 1
5.	OWHOR THERESA	HEAD HEALTH ASSISTANT
6.	IGWE ALOZIE	MESSENGER

Available Bio-medical equipment, procedures, specialized services.

The Department of Medical social Services has been committed to rendering various services to patients (clients) and their families with medical and psychosocial cases whether complex multiple. Such as:

Counselling and Psychosocial Services
Advocacy role
Team ward round with other Health Workers
Rehabilitation Services
Family and Child Welfare Services
Repatriation Services
Case conference
Reconciliation Services
Home Visit, Follow-up and Linkages
Intervention and Investigation of social cases with a view to resolving or finding solution
Health Education
Financial assistance to patients through the help of Hospital Management, NGOs, Institutions and Firms, Religious Organizations, Well-meaning individuals and groups, Philanthropists and others.
Liaison services in Government and Non-Government Organizations.
Vocational Training
Palliative Care management
Intervention to indigent patients
Training and re-training of students on industrial attachment and practicum
Organizing departmental seminars to bring everyone to the same level of knowledge in social development and services.
Rendering of quality education through our accredited School of Social Development and Occupational Therapy for Diploma and HND programme.

Clinic Days and Time

The Department run multiple shift duties and is open 24 hours a day (weekends inclusive) to render psychosocial services to patients.

Statistical Information of patient visits, average and or total number of admissions on weekly/monthly/yearly basis.

Patients visit the department on a daily basis for various psychosocial services and interventions from various wards. Such as:

CHEW, Children Surgical and Medical Wards and SCBU
A & E
Surgical Wards
Orthopedics Wards
ICU
Medical Wards
Urology Wards
Neuropsychiatry/Mental Health Wards
Eye Ward
Burns and Plastics Wards
ENT Wards
Maxillofacial Wards
O & G wards

Weekly: We receive an average of 12 patient visits from various wards resulting from consults and self/community referrals on a weekly basis.

Monthly: We receive an average of 48 patient visits from various wards resulting from consults and self/community referrals on a monthly basis.

Yearly: We receive an average of 576 patient visits from various wards resulting from consults and self/community referrals on a yearly basis.

(Source: Admin Record, 29^th July 2022)

Breakthroughs and Projections

Breakthroughs

The Department has made some remarkable achievements over the year. Such as:

Reaching out to NGOs, Institutions and Firms, Religious Organizations, Well-meaning Individuals and Groups, Philanthropists and others to partner with the department in handling of indigent and in psychosocial cases.
The Department through counselling and social intervention process has been able to handle various psychosocial cases.
Establishment of the School of Social Development and Occupational Therapy with the help of the current management.
Rendering of Family Education Services to families that are referred to the Department.

Increase in numerical strength of Social Workers in the Department through the help of the current management

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