Ogun sets up panel on OOUTH

The Ogun state government Tuesday set up nine-man panel of enquiry to look into the remote and immediate causes of the current challenges confronting the state-owned Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital (OOUTH).

Governor Dapo Abiodun while on an inspection visit to the facilities of the hospital last month had declared the institution “unfit to produce competent doctors”, saying that he would set a team to examine the challenges of the hospital.

The committee, according a statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr Kunle Somorin is expected to assess the operational modalities of the hospital and ascertain its compliance with acceptable standard for medical training, research and tertiary health care services.

The chairman of the committee is Dr Yemi Onabowale, the chief medical director of Reddington Hospital while the deputy director, Hospital Services in the Ministry of Health, Dr Shokunbi Solomon is to serve as the secretary of the panel.

The committee’s specific terms of reference are: “To assess the current operations of the hospital, in line with expectations as a teaching/tertiary institution;

“To determine the state of facilities of the various units and departments and make recommendations to the state on the steps necessary to ensure sustainable operations in the institution;

“Determine quick wins and palliative actions to stem further degeneration of the institution and facilities.”

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