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Patients at the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, staged a protest on Monday following the ongoing power cuts at the facility. In a video circulating on social media, the demonstrators said there has not been water and electricity in the hospital in the last 17 days.

The protesters expressed concern that the lack of essential services has contributed to patient deaths. One hospital staff member featured in the footage blamed the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC) for imposing high tariff on the hospital’s power supply, further compounding the crisis.

The staff member also assured that efforts are underway to restore electricity to the wards. Funmi Adetuyibi, the spokesperson of the hospital, said the management will release a statement on the situation.

“I’m entering a management meeting right now and in about an hour, I will release a statement that addresses all the issues on ground,” she told TheCable.

https://www.thecable.ng/icymi-patients-protest-weeks-of-power-outage-at-uch-ibadan/ nlfpmod

"Power Outage: UCH Installs Generators, Solar Panels As Alternative Sources."

Following the protest that greeted incessant power outage at the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, Oyo State, the management of the health institution said it has implemented alternative power sources.

The hospital’s Public Relations Officer, ‘Funmi Adetuyibi, said in a statement that management has provided backup generators and solar panels to critical areas such as emergency departments, operating theatres and intensive care units.

The University College Hospital had been struggling with electricity challenges following disconnection of the institution by the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC) over an outstanding bill of N392 million.

According to the statement, the power outage has significantly affected the hospital’s ability to provide effective healthcare services, affecting clinical, research, and training activities.

Adetuyibi explained that the hospital’s accumulated bill since 2019 stands at N3.1 billion with N2.9 billion already paid, leaving an outstanding balance of N392 million. She added that management took these measures in order to mitigate the effects of the power outage on the hospital and its services.

In addition, Adetuyibi said the hospital has established a situation room to provide real-time solutions, ensure that emergency services remain operational, maintain patient care and treatment in critical areas, and to explore alternative energy provisions.

The hospital management apologised for the inconvenience caused, and assured patients and the public of their commitment to providing adequate and effective healthcare services. “We prioritise patient care and safety above all,” the statement read, while adding that, “Our dedicated staff are working tirelessly to ensure minimal disruption to services”.

The hospital further urged patients and the public to bear with the management assuring that efforts were underway to resolve the electricity challenge.

https://leadership.ng/power-outage-uch-installs-generators-solar-panels-as-alternative-sources/

Meanwhile, the healthcare workers too are not spared the ordeal....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVvwavjTkIU?si=K5Ui11qJmz0y3Hpr

Suffering physical illnesses, then utility and infrastructural wahala. Who cursed this nation? Meanwhile, this is the abysmal state of seeking and acquiring healthcare in Nigeria today while its irresponsible and wicked leaders go abroad on health tourism.

NAwaooo. Upon huge IGR Uch generates per day, so it’s darkness they are witnessing in the teaching hospital. Very bad

God help Nigerians o. If you have the opportunity, please just japa o. Imagine, even the health sector is in shambles. Na wa o !

Racoon:
Suffering physical illnesses, then utility and infrastructural wahala. Who cursed this nation? Meanwhile, this is the abysmal state of seeking and acquiring healthcare in Nigeria today while its irresponsible and wicked leaders go abroad on health tourism.

Yet clowns like hellanus will tell u the country is functioning at its full capacity

fashola was making noise those days,having steady light is not rocket science.they made him minister of power both rocket and science we no see.a country of 60something years can't have steady light.please the criminal that build Lagos should build nigeria na

A Zoo for a reason





Oops, sorry to zoos all over the world because there is quite an orderliness in every zoo




It's a jungle I think

Go Solar

They should release the patients from the psychiatric wards to join lol

Dem pack everybody enter Band A because of their greediness, now dem no fit keep up with the supplies and their old power stations no fit keep up, na why national grid dey collapse anyhow.

😩

E remain corpse in mortuary to protest against power outage in this country now.

It didn't happen in the South East so I expect the thread to be very calm.

stacyadams:
Yet clowns like hellanus will tell u the country is functioning at its full capacity

Those ones should not be taken seriously

DeltaBachelor:
God help Nigerians o. If you have the opportunity, please just japa o. Imagine, even the health sector is in shambles. Na wa o !

many people don't have the opportunity to japa. So lots are stuck here.

Naija and suffering na 1 and 2. Basic amenities are not available. It is so heartbreaking. A whole country of over 200 million people and yet we can't get it right. It looks like we are cursed

Sad.

The question is, does UCH have to wait for a protest to know that it needs to install alternative sources of electric power? Or, could it be that it already had these gadgets installed but due to poor maintenance culture, they are no longer operational? I'm tired of reading about reactionary implementations in our country as opposed to proactive reasoning.

When there's no electric power, both patients and hospital staff are affected. Patients, who are already dealing with the burden of their morbidities, are further saddened as they cannot enjoy services that should be very basic (to charge their phones, hand fans, torches, enjoy fan/AC which will help with mosquitoes and offensive smells, having a brightly-lit ward, water, etc). Nurses and doctors are extremely discomforted too.

I still remember my very horrible experiences as the doctor on call in the paediatrics department of my hospital in the nights when there was no power. Though my centre has got rechargeable lights, they don't last all night. Imagine the horror seeing patients with your phone's torch, giving IV medications and doing bedside procedures. Imagine the horror not being able to document on the EMS because the computers are out of power. I was forced to write on paper and transfer my documentations online once power is restored (double work). I won't even talk about the horrible night we were operating on a hepatitis B positive patient and the power suddenly went out...back up generator, for some reasons, didn't come on immediately. Theatre nurses had to provide light with their phones... visibility was not fantastic... imagine the increased risk of having needle pricks.

The lab scientists are not left out too. Once power is not steady, they cannot process their samples and these delays may expose them to harm from violent and anxious patients' relatives.

The porters, cleaners...every staff in the hospital essentially.

So, you can imagine how sad I felt when I read this....it simply brought back horrible memories that no health worker or patient should experience.

We now see that Nigeria's problems are not only resident in Aso Rock. President Tinubu is not the CMD at UCH. He is not the head of the Works Department at UCH.

We are in deep trouble in this country...as I see it, the only way out is for us to look inwards...and stop throwing all the blames to the occupants of Aso Rock.

And this is the supposedly best ranked hospital in Nigeria. What a joke

Remember my undergraduate days in UI 2016 to 2020 there was always light to the extent that you will here them in hostels yelling'Emu ina lo o" meaning, they should take the light. We enjoyed 18 hours light then,Idowu Abel Olayinka was our VC then, how time flies...

NIGERIA IS A FAILED STATE AND A BANANA REPUBLIC

How

And one mumu fat pig of a minister will open his mouth woaaaaa and said " Nigerians are enjoying too much light"🤒

It's well

Same power supply Mr Adelabu was boasting to have stabilized for 20hr/day the other time. Kai, lying on a national tv is becoming common to these people.

UCH Management dey craze. Knew they had an agreement with Ibedc on how to offset their bills the other time when something like this also happened. I guess they didnt follow through.

Last time I said we are a reflection of our leaders some people were saying otherwise. Abi this one too na Tinubu's Fault? Abi na Tinubu go come help you pay your light bill for UCH

Nonesense and UCH

SMH

this is quite disheartening , if i could i will just clear d bills or supply diesel

Nigeria is a death trap

Nigeria is a death trap
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