📍 Location
Address: Asaba Specialist Hospital, Asaba, Delta
Accessibility: Pretty easy to get there, Keke is the mainstay of transport within Asaba, depending on where you’re coming from within Asaba, but between 300-800 naira
Accommodation
Status: Available, but it really depends on the time you get employed, sometimes it may be maxed out so you need to wait for a set to finish and move out ]
Quarters capacity: There are 2 lodges, but in total about 50-60, some rooms have 2 people while others just 1, the rooms with 2 people are usually bigger
Caution fee: Nil
Room Features:
Sizeable/Ensuite bathroom
Kitchen: just sink and an old cupboard
Furnishing: bed, mattress, pillow
Power supply: [Stable, we have a Gen that runs from 7pm-12midnight then 6am-7am when there’s no light
Roommate system: [By request], this applies to the paired rooms which are few compared to the single rooms
🏆 Selection Process: The exam is just a formality, strictly by direct connection
Salary & Allowances
Monthly pay: N277,000
Payment date: 23rd-24th / but they owe for the 1st 4-5months then pay up as a lump sum
Other benefits: Dinner call tickets for weekdays, then breakfast, lunch, dinner for weekends
Flex & Lifestyle
Centrality: located along Midwifery, easily accessible, lots of keke around, you can use bolt too, but Asaba bolt drivers have neck-cutting prices 😬
Nearby attractions:
Supermarkets- Gabbs, Asaba Amaka, then ShopRite which is like 20 mins away
Restaurants: Iyara side closest and quite affordable, others: Five star, Paprika, Nova, Rodinia, about 20-30 mins away, Asaba is quite small so everywhere is kinda close)
Also Dominos and coldstone, Burger King, Kilimanjaro and chicken republic for your fast food too and pizza
Cinema: Genesis located inside the mall, then Chill out private cinema; you and your friends can book this for just 25k for a group of 6 )
Parks- Leisure park, Park Vega in Agbor (about 45mins-1hr away though)
Other hangout spots: New spots and pounded pop out regularly, karaoke spots too.
Work Environment & Orderliness
Orientation: Depends on the department, like Paediatrics has good orientation
Main Responsibilities:
Ward rounds 👩⚕, clinic, theatre (you may be asked to scrub in and assist for CS and others especially during call hours)
IV access 💉
O&G: Episiorraphy
Paed: we do transfusions
Specific drug administration: we give IV labetalol, MgSo4, Dopamine mainly
Post-round mop-ups with seniors- yea this too
The workload can feel quite a lot sometimes because we are not so many, but I’d say it’s generally fair, some days chaotic others okay
Staff & Colleagues: Non-toxic environment, maybe just really few outliers
Friendly / supportive doctors]: Yes
Admin staff & nurses – mainly Int medicine nurses are badly behaved shaa, others are cool
Key tip: Try to apply yourself as much as possible because they’d give you the opportunity to really learn skills, that is if you are interested.
There are cameras everywhere within the hospital so avoid doing shady things
Food Options
Inside hospital: Hospital canteen, the food is just okay, ARD lounge; food is fair too (I have really exquisite taste shaa, but some people rate these spots to have really good food)
We have parfait plugs, yoghurt, small chops too and chin chin 😅…ohh even jewelry too and that are all staffs
Snack kiosks & delivery contact- yea we have this ]
Outside hospital: Iyara side eatery, Fruitville for youghurt, parfait, fruit salad, smoothies all are close by
There’s this pharmacy opposite the hospital that also sells snacks that opens 24hours so if you are hypo during your call you can just go and buy coke
💡 Moral Lesson / Key Takeaway: Do you, learn, grow and thrive during this 1 year and of of course make relevant connections too
By Dr. TILDA ( HO @ASH)
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