Rivers Govt Offers Automatic Employment To 28 Pamo Varsity Graduands

The Rivers State University Teaching Hospital (RSUTH) has offered automatic employment to 28 graduands from the Faculty of Allied Health Sciences of the Pamo University of Medical Sciences (PUMS)

This is as the university announced automatic employment for the best graduating students from the Department of Medical Laboratory Science, the Department of Nursing Sciences and the Department of Radiography and Radiation.

RSUTH chief medical director, Professor Chizindu Alikor, who announced the employment of the fresh  graduands at the joint induction and oath-taking which was held on Friday at PUMS main campus in Port Harcourt.

Alikor said, “I particularly congratulate the best graduating from the Faculty of Allied Health Sciences. You are not small; you actually reached the compendium of intellectuality.

“You are urgently needed. The urgency will spare you the weekend. From Monday, the 19th of October, 2026, you should come along with all necessarily documents.”

In his speech, PUMS chancellor and founder, Dr. Peter Odili, said the three best graduating students from the three departments would be given automatic employment in the institution after completing their internship period.

Odili, who was represented by former Rivers State Commissioner for Health, Professor Adaeze Oreh, stated that in modern healthcare, it requires collaborative efforts of all professionals in the field to deliver quality service.

“To our inductees, today’s joint induction and oath-taking ceremony is deeply symbolic. I modern healthcare, no single profession stands alone. The delivery of safe, high quality and high patient-centered care rely entirely on seamless inter-professional collaboration.

“To our medical laboratory scientists, you are the detectives of medicine. Your expertise provide the vital evidence and accuracy that guide clinical decisions, treatment plans and other decisions.

“On that note, I wish to share the board of trustees’ decision and announcement; after internship, of automatic employment for best graduating students, inductees from the three departments of the Faculty of Allied Health Sciences,” he said.