Health

Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde has inaugurated the Renal Dialysis Unit, High Dependency Unit and the Diabetes Screening and Treatment Centre built inside the Adeoyo State Hospital, Ring Road, Ibadan.

The projects were built and equipped with the support from Global Fund, the Afolabi Family of Kaderu Compound, Ibadan and the Lions Clubs International, District 404 B1, Nigeria.

The governor, while inaugurating the facilities at the Ring Road State Hospital, thanked the two organisations for the support given to the state to improve health care delivery in the state.

Governor Makinde equally inspected six Primary Health Care Centres out of the about 200 already renovated PHCs across the 351 Electoral Wards of the state.

He pledged that he would personally pay for One Thousand (1,000) enrollees at the Ikumapayi PHC in Olodo and Five Hundred (500) enrollees at the Elebu PHC in Ido, Ibadan.

The renovation and remodelling projects are according to the state government, aimed at improving health system at the grassroots.

While inspecting the Primary Health Care Centres at Ikumapayi in Olodo; Irefin; Oke Are in Beere in Ibadan North LG; Odo-Ona, Elebu in Ido LG and Ring Road, the governor said the facilities would be run by the Oyo State Health insurance Scheme(OYSHIA).

Iyabo Adebisi

Health Lifestyle

Oyo state Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde has expressed the readiness of his administration to turn Adeoyo Hospital, Ibadan into a world class establishment in order to deliver qualitative healthcare services.

Engineer Makinde stated this during an on-the-spot assessment of the Adeoyo Hospital, Yemetu, Ibadan.

Governor Makinde who explained that the visit was to have first-hand information about the condition of the hospital noted that other government hospitals across the state would be assessed for improvement.

While reiterating that health is one of the cardinal programmes of his government, the governor promised to improve the facilities in the hospital so as to make people have easy access to basic medical care.

The governor therefore, requested for the shopping list of Adeoyo Hospital to enhance its effectiveness.

 He equally promised to improve the staff welfare and make the hospital environment conducive for both workers and patients.

Conducting the governor round the hospital, the Chief Consultant, Dr Soji Adeyanju applauded the governor for the visit, with a pledge to support the government in its bid to take Oyo state health sector to greater heights. Iyabo Adebisi