Doctors declare State of Emergency at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital over infrastructural decay


The Association of resident Doctors (ARD) University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH) has declared a State of Emergency at the hospital due to the acute decay of administration procedures and state of equipment in the hospital.

Arising from an emergency general meeting (EGM) held by the association on Monday 27th March 2017 where issues bothering on patient care staff welfare and infrastructure were discussed, the executive of the association led by their president, Dr. Eustace Oseghale, has declared a state of emergency at the hospital saying that the reality is that patients coming to the hospital cannot be given adequate service.
He said that during the meeting, the ARD congress has noted that after several engagements and pleas the hospital management is yet to ensure adequate patient care and staff welfare.


“The Association intends to bring to the attention of well-meaning Nigerians the unavailability of basic consumables in the hospital, it's of note that surgeons in UBTH have to struggle with the operating tables during surgery and the equipment in the sterilising department are often broken down leaving patients, patient relatives and doctors stranded. The accident and emergency is not left out as doctors nurses and patients are often found searching for materials to provide care with the patients having to go out to source materials most times,” he said.



He enumerated some of the problems associated with the hospital since the administration of the present Chief Medical Director (CMD), Prof Michael Ibadin, took over the management of the hospital as being very inimical of the oath of service taken by doctors in the profession.

“The call rooms and post graduate library in the hospital are often in darkness and resident doctors on call have to grapple with insects and reptiles in the dark call rooms. Patient care is not the only suffering sector as staff welfare is so bad. The house officers who just completed their house job are been owed several months of salaries despite been over worked as they were grossly short staffed.

“Some UBTH doctors are still been owed June to august 2013 salaries despite several appeals to the management these salaries have dragged for four years. UBTH doctors have been paid percentage of salaries for months and despite several appeals to management there is currently no plan to pay the deficits,’ he said.


He went on to reveal that the number of resident doctors in UBTH has reduced from over 600 in 2012 to approximately a third the number now in 2017 this has its attending negative consequences on patient care as less number of doctors available to provide care and the few hands available are overworked and usually fatigued at work.

“It is quite sad as this is not the situation in most other teaching hospitals in the country as employment of doctors and other health care workers goes on simultaneously with adequate remuneration. Currently UBTH doctors rank very high in the race out of Nigeria to practice in foreign countries for job satisfaction.

The association having discussed these issues of patient care, staff welfare, training and infrastructure with hospital management severally with no solution provided by the hospital management has declared a state of emergency and issued a 21 day ultimatum to the hospital management.” he declared.

He went on to appeal to Nigerians across the country and members of the general public and well-meaning Nigerians to prevail on the management of UBTH to do the needful to ensure adequate health for the good people of Edo state and Nigeria at large.

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Everything in Nigeria is just falling apart. We need God's intervention

Seeing the buildings from the outside one will think all is well within.

Reliably informed that the chief medical director wants to run away with over 2 billion naira owed the staff in salaries.

This is the reason why our politicians will never use these hospitals. Death traps meant only for the poor

Lalalsticlala front page please

omogin:
Reliably informed that the chief medical director wants to run away with over 2 billion naira owed the staff in salaries.

The CMD is most times appointed from amongst the doctors yet they always fail to provide basic services of a teaching hospital, they allegedly enrich themselves and immediate family and move around with mobile police.

And I was rating this UBTH very high before now.

Naija!!

Why must they curb this, this far...?

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Oshiomole is a scallywag
obaseki is a rifraf

Truth is mine

Effect Native Doctors shrine now cast like this

Ashleydolls:
Everything in Nigeria is just falling apart. We need God's intervention

Nigeria matter sef don tire God!

Nigerian doctors and strike

In short Nigeria and Nigerians should declare state of emergency on itself plus majority of it citizens.

Na God know wetin He go do

useless government

Make I no talk

Witch U.B.T.H are u talking about?

Nebuchadnezar:
Oshiomole is a scallywag
obaseki is a rifraf

Truth is mine

That is a federal institution Mo r on

www1998:

congratulations

Pls someone should remind me on why I should be proud to be a Nigerian again... Mtchewww

Wow this is heart breaking, no wonder these fools travel abroad 4 treatment

Ashleydolls:
Everything in Nigeria is just falling apart. We need God's intervention

I diasgree with you

we need First class minds and A-list intellectuals like Ambode, Fashola etc at the helm of affairs not certificate forgers and greedy thieves like Saraki and Dino who flaunt expensive cars while his people live below standard

my one cent

otokx:


The CMD is most times appointed from amongst the doctors yet they always fail to provide basic services of a teaching hospital, they allegedly enrich themselves and immediate family and move around with mobile police.

Since there is a very weak central government in Nigeria, anything goes. This govt cannot appoint boards to oversee the 'mismanagement' of health facilities. The Cmds have stolen so much, they now dictate to the minister of Health what should be in the health sector. Dark day for the health sector

Nigeria Government is a joke. Just imagine neglecting the Health Sector. I fault Nigerians for keeping silent to their Government Rubbish behavior. Come to Germany and see how things are done. Nigerians are lazy to challenged Their leaders. They only have power to burn a thief who stole little sum. Naija I hail thee. The world is Watching you guys disgrace yourselves.