New Year Message of Reassurance and Rejuvenation
On behalf of myself, my family, NEC and all Medical Social Workers in Nigeria, I wish you Happy New Year. It has been very busy and productive in 2019 and we are proud to have made many advances in promoting and advocating for the Medical Social Work profession in Nigeria during the year. This shall continue in the Year 2020.
As we turn to Year 2020, our collective focus is on the New Year is achieving our Schemes of Service and most importantly promoting the Importance of Human Relationships. Like the previous themes, we have the occasion for shared learning, to expand our practice examples and to jointly advocating for changes in the care of patients in the Nigerian hospitals.
The opportunities before us are enormous and we have an excellent starting point: Medical Social Workers have in-depth experience in implementing innovative ways of improving the wellbeing of patients in Nigeria. When working with a family or community, a core role of the profession is facilitating agreements between conflicted people that balance the rights of all patients in Nigerian hospitals. The rights of the child, the parent, the family, the culture, the minority and the majority are frequently in conflict, and Medical Social Worker’s intervention and consensus understanding of the rights is often achieved.
Happy New Year and I look forward to facing the challenges with you in 2020
ALHAJI ABUBAKAR ALHASSAN BICHI
National President, Association of Medical Social Workers of Nigeria (AMSWON)
Wishing all our colleagues a very happy new year. With the cooperation of all, we have a strong resolve to surmount all our present difficulties. Once, again I congratulate all Medical Social Workers for surviving 2019 and welcoming us into year 2020 for a brand new start.
Thanking God for the gift of life. May we use this privilege of being among the living to impact positively on the lives of the disadvantage groups around us. Shine the light.
Good,our able President &EXCOS. God will see us through with excellent success. May he grant you wisdom and enabling grace to accomplish the set goals in Jesus name,amen.Happy new year dear professional colleagues.