Judiciary

Court Orders Establishment Of Directorate Of Medical Laboratory Science In LAUTECH

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The Presiding Judge, National Industrial Court, Ibadan, Justice J. D Peters has ordered the management of Ladoke Akintola Teaching Hospital, Ogbomoso, to immediately grant autonomy to Medical Laboratory Scientists in the hospital and separate it from other professionals.

The court’s order sequel to a suit filed by the Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists of Nigeria, LAUTECH Teaching Hospital, Ogbomoso Chapter, against the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice in Oyo State, Commissioner for Health, LAUTECH Teaching Hospital Management Board, Chief Medical Director, LAUTECH Teaching Hospital and four others seeking for the establishment of the Department of Medical Laboratory Science in the hospital.

Declaring the judgment, Justice Peters noted that it was not appropriate to put various professional together and expect them to perform optimally.

The judge said members of the Association of Medical Laboratories Scientists were professionals and qualified to operate as directorate without any outside intervention.

He therefore ordered that the service of Laboratory Science should be recognized as Directorate and be separated from other departments in the area of duties and administration.

The court also declared that the claimant should not be victimized for the suit.

Sunday Ogunyemi

Education

Osun Govt. Takes Over LAUTECH Teaching Hospital

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Osun State Government has announced that the Osun State University has taken over the College of Health Sciences and the former LAUTECH Teaching Hospital in Osogbo.

The government also approved the immediate renaming of the Teaching Hospital to UNIOSUN Teaching Hospital (UNIOSUNTH), Osogbo.

This followed the dissolution of the joint ownership of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, LAUTECH, by Oyo State and Osun State, after signing a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, to effect a new management structure of the institution.

Based on the terms of the MoU, the National Universities Commission, NUC, handed over ownership of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso, to the Oyo State Government while the Osun state Government took over the College of Health Sciences in Osogbo and the LAUTECH Teaching Hospital.

A statement by the Osun State Commissioner for Education Mr Folorunso Bamisayemi says the Osun State University has been directed to take over the College of Health Sciences and the former LAUTECH Teaching Hospital in Osogbo.

The statement indicated that Osun State government has approved the renaming of former LAUTECH Teaching Hospital as UNIOSUN Teaching Hospital (UNIOSUNTH), Osogbo with immediate effect.

Also, this will compliment the main Teaching Hospital that is under construction and donated by Mr & Mrs Modupe and Folorunso Alakija.

It advised staff and students of Osun extraction in Ogbomoso campus of LAUTECH to please remain there as their interests have been well protected by the MoU signed by the two governors and there is no reason for any staff to panic as their rights, privileges and duties will be dictated by the terms of their contract of employment.

It maintained that Osun State has no reason to doubt the commitment and integrity of her counterpart in Oyo State as regards the faithful implementation of the MoU on job security and protection of students’ rights.

Hence, there is no need for any panic-induced mass transfer of workers of Osun State extraction from Ogbomoso.

Wasiu Ajadosu 

Health

Oyo Government Makes COVID-19 Testing More Accessible

By Web News 1999

The Emergency Operations Centre, EOC, of the Oyo State COVID-19 Task Force, has released a list of locations where residents of the state can undertake COVID-19 test across the state.

A statement by the Chief Press Secretary, CPS, to Governor Seyi Makinde, Mr. Taiwo Adisa, states that the list of centres was ratified at the state’s COVID-19 Task Force meeting presided over by Governor Makinde.

The statement calls on residents of the state to avail themselves the opportunities of its decentralised testing system to get tested for the virus.

The Task Force maintained that contrary to misinformation that the virus has been defeated, it is still very much active, warning that adequate and observance of all the safety protocols remained the effective ways of combating the virus.

According to the statement, the available testing centres in the state include: State Hospital, Oyo; General Hospital, Saki; General Hospital, Iseyin; General Hospital, Igboora; General Hospital, Apata, Ibadan and Lekan Salami Stadium, Adamasingba, Ibadan.

Others are Health is Wealth, Secretariat Road, Ibadan; and LAUTECH Teaching Hospital, Ogbomoso.

It adds that testing is also available in approved private laboratories across the state.

The statement further indicates that residents can call the following numbers for enquiries: 08095394000, 08078288999, 08078288800, 08095863000 or dial *723*19*6# and follow the prompts.

Iyabo Adebisi