The Oyo State Government has expressed its decision to upgrade specialist hospitals in the state to rival the University College Hospital in areas of training and healthcare delivery.
Among the hospitals in the state are Adeoyo Maternity Hospital, Yemetu, Ring-Road Specialist Hospital and Jericho Specialist Hospital in Ibadan
Dr. Gbola Adetunji, Chairman, Oyo State Hospitals Management Board, said the vision of the board was to elevate specialist hospitals in the state to the standard of university teaching hospitals in the country through provision of quality medical equipment and trained personnel.
Adetunji gave the indication during the inspection of facilities at Adeoyo Maternity Hospital, Yemetu, and Ring Road Specialist Hospital in Ibadan on Friday, saying the motive behind the proposed elevation of the health facilities was to become training centres for medical specialists.
He said, “Health workers are vanguards of the government and it has become imperative for them to cue into the ongoing reform process of the governor which will encourage the government to further extend its gesture to the health sector and practitioners.
“The board will adopt both formal and informal inspection of health facilities to continually access the state of the equipment as well as performance of personnel for optimum performance.
“The health reform agenda is based on renovation of infrastructures, equipping health facilities to world class standard and promoting public-private partnership in critical health care services to further provide quality health care services which will be accessible and affordable to the people of the state.”
The Chief Consultant, Adeoyo Maternity Hospital, Dr. Akintunde Ayinde, and his Ring-Road Specialist Hospital’s counterpart, Dr. Oladimeji Olawale, commended the government on the recent deployment of key personnel to the facilities.
