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The Chief Medical Director of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Professor Wasiu Adeyemo, has been commended by the Senate Committee on Health on his commitment to upgrading infrastructure in the apex health institution.
The Chairperson, Senate Committee on Health, Secondary and Tertiary Services, Dr Ipalibo Harry-Banigo, gave the commendation at the health facility in Idi Araba on Thursday, during an oversight visit to the hospital by the committee.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that President Bola Tinubu in February approved the upgrade of 16 health institutions across all six geo-political zones in the country.
They included LUTH and the Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital in Zaria.
Harry-Banigo noted that Adeyemo and his team were quite passionate about what they were doing in providing health services, not just to people from Lagos and Nigeria, but to those outside Nigeria.
She added, “We saw the cancer centre. It was very well attended and a lot of people were there this morning, waiting for treatment. The various equipment they have are very modern and the works they do are very precise.”
Harry-Banigo said part of the health committee’s mandate was to carry out an oversight visit, saying they had quite an exciting experience in LUTH.
According to her, the committee was also happy with the expansion that has been going on from the 2023 budget.
“As you can see, the old site was so dilapidated and uninviting and so, this new one is the kind we are looking for. We also noticed that there is a geriatric centre, which is coming up.
“Basically, we like the issue of public-private partnerships arrangements we see across the site in LUTH, particularly the NSIA Cancer Centre and some other PPPs that are going on,” she said.
LUTH CMD, Adeyemo explained that the health committee came to see the projects being executed under the 2023 budget.
He added, “We showed them our papers, took them around to see almost all of the projects and they are okay with it.”
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