The Chief Medical Director,Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH, Prof. Wasiu Adeyemo has commissioned six projects in the institution after one year in office.
Adeyemo said the feat was possible because he is building on the vision of his predecessor and because the Federal Government has improved funding for infrastructural renewal in the hospital.
He said that aside from government funding, the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, under the leadership of Prof. Muhammed Ali Pate and Dr Tunji Alausa, also had special fund to complement what the government was doing for the hospital.
He said that the six projects that were commissioned was funded through the budget provided by the Federal Government.
“The projects are the newly renovated Central Laboratory and Cafeteria for the staffs as the welfare of staffs was very paramount for us in LUTH.
“Extension of Urological Theater, renovation of Pediatric Surgical Ward E4 of 30 beds, Adult Surgical Ward of 30 beds and 14 suite Private Wards.
“We are aware that there are well-meaning Nigerians who want to access our facilities; the hospital is for everybody and rather than going abroad for care, we have provided private facilities for those that can afford it.
“This is just one of the three wards that we have as private wards. We have another functional and fully renovated ward in A1, we have another one dedicated for care of cancer patients” he said.
Adeyemo said that all the projects were funded by the Federal Government of Nigeria and there was executive order to maintain and sustain the projects.
Immediate past CMD of LUTH, Prof. Chris Bode expressed joy and fulfillment seeing the projects that started during his tenure being commissioned.
Bode said that he was elated because good things were happening in LUTH and fulfilled in the sense that not only have they worked together with this administration but “continued along the dreams we had before”.
“You are not a successful leader until you have a worthy successor and I am very proud of him”.
He said that the maintenance culture in LUTH was too notch and many hospitals would want to be like LUTH management and staffs.
Prof Bode emphasised sustained funding by the government to demonstrate the commitment of President Bola Tinubu to improving the health of Nigerians.
Bode hinted that LUTH Cancer Centre had been running for the past seven years and had rendered service to no fewer than 11,000 patients from many parts of the world.