Varsity VC meets teaching hospital to strengthen synergy

The acting Vice-Chancellor of Shanahan University, Onitsha, Anambra State, Prof. Dominic Obielosi, has held a strategic meeting with the management of St. Charles Borromeo Shanahan University Teaching Hospital, College of Medicine and College of Nursing Sciences to foster synergy and boost learning.

Obielosi, who assumed office on September 1, 2026, held the meeting at the Teaching Hospital in Onitsha, on Tuesday.

Also in attendance at the meeting were the College of Medicine Provost, Prof. Evaristus Afiadigwe, Registrar Rev. Dr. Emmanuel Emenu, Nursing Sciences Administrator, Rev. Fr. Fidelis Nwanze, Provost Lady, Theresa Odinukwe, faculty Deans and the Hospital management led by CEO Very Rev. Fr. Dr. Izunna Okonkwo with the Chief Medical Director, Dr. Ben Ezemenahi, the Chief Medical Advisory Committee, Dr. Osita Izunwa, Director of Administration, Lady Uche Okeke and Deputy CEO, Rev. Fr. Kingsley Okaro.

Both institutions are owned by the Catholic Archdiocese of Onitsha under Archbishop Valerian Okeke, the Archbishop and metropolitan of Onitsha Ecclesiastical Province.

Obielosi, in an interview with journalists shortly after the meeting, said the university is preparing for continuous accreditation aimed at producing graduates who would be change agents to actualise the founder’s vision.

He disclosed that his predecessor Prof. Obi Oguejiofor laid a solid foundation, and that the university is now in talks with universities in the USA, China and other countries for collaborations “where students can start at Shanahan and complete their studies abroad.”

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He said, “The strategic meeting is a discussion among brothers aimed at synergy and cooperation with the aim of moving the institution forward. And it was highly successful.

“Over 1,000 candidates have applied to the institution in the ongoing admission and over 700 have been admitted, with many switching from other universities to Shanahan university.

“We also assure parents of strong moral formation at the institution leveraging my 17 years as Rector of Holy Family Youth Village, Amansea.”

Also speaking, the Chief Executive Officer of St. Charles Borromeo Shanahan University Teaching Hospital, Dr. Izunna Okonkwo, said the hospital has erected over seven gigantic structures in seven years, including eight independent theatre to support medical students’ clinicals, and planning a new four-storey building for the College of Medicine.

Okonkwo confirmed that the interaction with the new Vice-Chancellor and his team was successful, saying that it was a review of the journey so far since the establishment of Shanahan University.