Lautech Teaching Hospital To Acquire Oxygen Plant!

The Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) Teaching Hospital, Ogbomoso is to collaborate with the Oyo State Government for the supply of oxygen in commercial quantities to state-owned public heath institutions.
Chief Medical Director [CMD] of the hospital, Professor Oladele Adebisi Sijuwola, in an interview with our correspondent in Ogbomoso said the hospital has a gas plant which is about the largest in the South-western part of the country. According to him, it would also extend its services to other federal and state-owned hospitals, teaching hospitals, as well as private health institutions.
He hinted that currently the teaching hospital gas plant can fill two hundred cylinders in a day, adding that the plant is built to produce three types of medical gases that can be used both in the theatre, and for clinical services.

‘’Currently, we are producing oxygen from the gas plant for the use of the hospital. All the clinical areas including the wards, theatres, emergency unit, intensive care unit, and maternity are all being piped and very soon will be connected to the gas plant, so that the gases will just be flowing from the plant to areas where they are needed’’.
The CMD explained that the gas line also have facilities vacuum suctioning [cleaning of secretions].
Prof. Sijuwola also confirmed that the teaching hospital has about 80 consultants and 150 resident doctors to cater for the patients.
According to him, ‘’ the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria [MDCN] has fully granted approval to the teaching hospital for the training of medical students. Not only that, both the National Post-Graduate Medical College and the West African College of Surgeons have separately granted full accreditation for the training in Community Medicine, Family Medicine, Gynecology and Obstetrics. Internal medicine and Air, Nose and Throat.’’
The CMD who is a renowned consultant neuro-Surgeon commended the entire staff for their resilience, dedication to duty, commitment and sense of belonging in ensuring that the teaching hospital not only remains afloat, but centre of excellence in service delivery.
‘’ There was no funding for the teaching hospital in the last two years. This was happening when both the accreditation and full accreditation of post graduate programmes were going on. We were able to weather the storm through innovative thinking and cooperation of the entire staff. You won’t belief it that each consultant contributed N100,000, while each resident doctor gave out N50,000 voluntarily . Today, we thank God almighty for his divine intervention and the Oyo State Government for being responsive and supportive to the institution.’’

On the on-going projects, the CMD hinted that the Theatre complex, Dialysis Centre and the ultra-modern Morgue [which are second to none in the country], and the Laboratory complex have been fully completed and made functional.