The University College Hospital, Ibadan has said that it has
withdrawn its memo which mandates patients using the health facility to pay a
sum of N1,000 per day.
Recall that an internal memo, which was obtained by our
correspondent, has said that each of the patient using the facility is to pay
N1,000 on a daily basis.
The management of the tertiary heath institution said that
it took the decision due to erratic supply of electricity.
It claimed that the management decided to task the patients
using the Federal Government-owned heath facility due to the increased
electricity tariff and price of diesel.
The management of the tertiary heath institution, however,
said that it has withdrawn the internal memo.
The management made this disclosure via a statement signed
by the Director of Administration of the Hospital, Mr. S. O. Oladejo on behalf
of the Chief Medical Director, Professor Jesse Abiodun Otegbayo.
Oladejo, in the statement made available to DAILY POST
through the Public Relations Officer of the hospital, Toye Akinrinlola,
confirmed that the hospital has withdrawn the memo.
He said, “The attention of the Management of the University
College Hospital, Ibadan has been drawn to a publication in all sections of the
media alleging that the Hospital is charging N1,000.00 per patient daily for
electricity.
“The Hospital wishes to state that the memo being referred
to was an internal memo which we did not implement after a thorough review from
internal mechanisms for such issues and has since been withdrawn. At no point
did the hospital charge electricity fee.
“We appeal to the public to ignore the said publication”.
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