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  • Ekiti govt sacks surgeon, suspends others over alleged kidney removal at EKSUTH

    Ekiti govt sacks surgeon, suspends others over alleged kidney removal at EKSUTH

    Ekiti State Government has dismissed a surgeon and suspended members of a surgical team at the Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital (EKSUTH) over the controversial surgery involving one Joshua Afolayan.

    The decision followed the submission of a report by a seven-member Independent Panel of Enquiry set up to investigate claims that a kidney was unlawfully removed during a surgical procedure at the hospital.

    In a statement issued on Friday by the Commissioner for Health and Human Services, Dr Oyebanji Filani, the state government said it had received and reviewed the report of the panel chaired by Prof. Francis Faduyile, 11 days after it was constituted.

    According to the statement, the surgeon who had primary responsibility for the operation has been dismissed from the service of EKSUTH with immediate effect, while all members of the surgical team present during the procedure have been suspended for one month, pending further administrative review.

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    The government also approved the panel’s recommendation that it should bear the full cost of a new kidney transplant for Afolayan, including his post-transplant care and transplant-related medical maintenance for a period of two years.

    It further announced plans for a comprehensive reorganisation of relevant departments within EKSUTH to strengthen clinical governance, accountability and patient safety.

    While reaffirming its support for the many dedicated health professionals at EKSUTH, the government stressed that it would not hesitate to take decisive action where professional standards are breached.

    It clarified that after a thorough review of actions before, during and after the surgery, the panel confirmed that the incident was a case of surgical complication and not organ harvesting for ritual purposes as alleged.

    The government reiterated its commitment to protecting patients, upholding ethical standards in healthcare delivery and restoring public confidence in the state’s health system.

  • JUST IN: Ekiti sacks surgeon, suspends others over alleged kidney removal at EKSUTH

    JUST IN: Ekiti sacks surgeon, suspends others over alleged kidney removal at EKSUTH

    Ekiti State Government has dismissed a surgeon and suspended members of a surgical team at the Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital (EKSUTH) over the controversial surgery involving Mr Joshua Afolayan.

    The decision followed the submission of a report by a seven-member Independent Panel of Enquiry set up to investigate claims that a kidney was unlawfully removed during a surgical procedure at the hospital.

    In a statement issued on Friday by the Commissioner for Health and Human Services, Dr Oyebanji Filani, the state government said it had received and reviewed the report of the panel chaired by Prof. Francis Faduyile, 11 days after it was constituted.

    According to the statement, the surgeon who had primary responsibility for the operation has been dismissed from the service of EKSUTH with immediate effect, while all members of the surgical team present during the procedure have been suspended for one month, pending further administrative review.

    The government also approved the panel’s recommendation that it should bear the full cost of a new kidney transplant for Afolayan, including his post-transplant care and transplant-related medical maintenance for a period of two years.

    It further announced plans for a comprehensive reorganisation of relevant departments within EKSUTH to strengthen clinical governance, accountability and patient safety.

    While reaffirming its support for the many dedicated health professionals at EKSUTH, the government stressed that it would not hesitate to take decisive action where professional standards are breached.

    It clarified that after a thorough review of actions before, during and after the surgery, the panel confirmed that the incident was a case of surgical complication and not organ harvesting for ritual purposes as alleged.

    The government reiterated its commitment to protecting patients, upholding ethical standards in healthcare delivery and restoring public confidence in the state’s health system.

  • Seven-man panel to probe alleged kidney removal at EKSUTH

    Seven-man panel to probe alleged kidney removal at EKSUTH

    The management of Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital (EKSUTH), Ado-Ekiti, has constituted a seven-man panel to investigate an allegation by a patient, Mr Joshua Afolayan, regarding the removal of his kidney during a medical procedure at the hospital.

    A statement by the Head, Corporate Affairs, EKSUTH, Mrs Rolake Adewumi, yesterday in Ado-Ekiti, said the hospital’s Board Chairman, Dr Adedamola Dada, announced the setting up of the panel.

    According to the statement, the panel has Prof. Francis Faduyile, an anatomic pathologist at Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Lagos, as the chairman.

    Other members include Prof. Patrick Adegun of the Federal University, Oye Ekiti; Dr Henry Abiyere, Federal Teaching Hospital, Ido–Ekiti; and Dr Adebola Adeniyi-Agbaje, General Manager, Progress F.M. Ado-Ekiti.

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    The panel also has Rev. Emmanuel Aribasoye, Chairman, Christian Association of Nigeria, Ekiti State branch; Prof. Babatunde Akindele, the Elemo of Ado-Ekiti; and Mr Adebayo Titilayo, the Legal Adviser to Ekiti State Ministry of Health, who will serve as Secretary.

    According to the statement, the panel has 10 days to submit its report.

    “The hospital management reassures the public that no stone will be left unturned to determine the issues involved in this matter,” it stated.

    The statement noted that members of the panel are independent and responsible members of the society that will exhibit fairness and justice.

    It urged the affected parties to cooperate with the panel.

  • EKSUTH hails Oyebanji over provision of modern equipment

    EKSUTH hails Oyebanji over provision of modern equipment

    The management of the Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital, Ado Ekiti, (EKSUTH) has lauded Governor Abiodun Oyebanji for his strategic efforts toward making the facility a world-class hospital.

    The Chief Medical Director of the hospital, Prof. Kayode Olabanji, who gave the commendation while on his routine ward rounds of the hospital, said that the intervention of the governor has helped in no small measure to enhance healthcare service delivery.

    A statement by the hospital’s Head of Corporate Affairs,  Rolake Adewumi, said the CMD was particularly impressed with the recent provision of ultra-modern dental equipment.

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    According to him, the equipment which includes new Dental Chairs with cameras would enhance dental service delivery in the state and even beyond.

    Olabanji who described the hospital as the best of its kind, said that the array of quality healthcare services offered sealed the tertiary facility as the new go-to place not only in Southwest but in the country.

    He added that Nigerians have no reason to seek medical attention abroad with the level of ultra-modern equipment and number of competent health personnel in the hospital.

    The CMD advised Nigerians on the need to go for regular check-ups in order to have healthy lives, saying that “health is wealth.”

  • Increased subvention: Ekiti doctors reject ‘amputated salary’

    Increased subvention: Ekiti doctors reject ‘amputated salary’

    Doctors at Ekiti State Teaching University Teaching Hospital (EKSUTH), under the aegis of Medical and Dental Consultants’ Association of Nigerian (MDCAN), have promised not to accept payment of ‘amputated salary’ any longer.

    The MDCAN Chairman, Dr. Adeniran Atiba, said increase in the subvention to the health institution from N261million to N411million should be more than enough to pay full salary.

    Speaking to reporters yesterday in Ado-Ekiti, Atiba said with the over 70 per cent increment in the subvention to the tertiary hospital, the era of salary cut should be over.

    Explaining what he meant by ‘amputated salary’, he said it means payment of net salary after all deductions, which the management fails to remit.

    “They don’t remit the deductions to where they are supposed to be remitted to.”

    “A typical example is a mortgage bank loan. As I talk to you, they have actually deducted up to 25 months and they have not remitted it to the bank. These are the things that amount to the ‘salary amputation’ we talked about. Even the cooperative deduction is also there. For me, half of my salary goes to the cooperative. They are yet to remit up to 11 months.

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    “In that case, I am being paid half of my salary for the period in question. This is why we said we are being paid an ‘amputated salary’. We are appealing to Governor Biodun Oyebanji that this increment in subvention will make the management to be paying our salary in full. If they must deduct anything, the money deducted will be paid to the right place.

    “What we are advising management to do now that they have received increased subvention, they should be paying our salary in full, right from last month. They should give us a schedule of payment for the outstanding arrears. We are not saying they should pay everything at once.

    “When we appeal to the management and we are getting some form of resistance, we have to go beyond them. I want to tell you that. The management convened a meeting of stakeholders and at that meeting we were told that the new subvention might still not be enough.  But from our own calculation, we are saying the subvention should be enough.

    “We are saying that pay our salary first, whatever is left can be left for the running of the hospital. As I have told you, Mr. Governor has done his bit. He has tried to improve our subvention to what we are receiving now. Any attempt not to use that money to pay our salary in full, we are going to resist it,” he said.

    The MDCAN, however, praised Oyebanji for increasing funding to the tertiary medical institution in Ekiti, promising to give 100 per cent commitment to the service of the hospital.

  • Hoodlums invade EKSUTH, attack doctors, steal corpse

    Hoodlums invade EKSUTH, attack doctors, steal corpse

    Suspected hoodlums on Monday, January 15, invaded the Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital (EKSUTH), Ado-Ekiti, and attacked doctors, and other health officers on duty over the death of a relative at the accident and emergency ward.

    The Nation learnt that the hoodlums who invaded the teaching hospital also vandalised some properties before making away with a corpse suspected to be the father of one of the hoodlums.

    It was said that the man who was brought to the Accident and Emergency unit of the hospital for treatment had died in the early hours of Monday and the deceased’s son, who was one of the invaders, had accused the doctors and health workers on duty of negligence and incompetence hence, the death of his father. 

    The deceased’s son who became furious by the development, joined by some road union workers attacked the doctors and health workers, chased them away and took away the corpse without paying any medical bill.

    Following the development, the Association of Resident Doctors (ARD), EKSUTH branch, directed its members to embark on an indefinite strike with immediate effect, which has paralyzed activities in the hospital.

    The strike embarked upon by the Association of Residents Doctors was contained in a letter addressed to the Chief Medical Director, Professor Kayode Olabanji and signed by the President of the Association, Dr Famous Adeyemi.

    The letter read: ”The above-named association writes to notify you of the decision of the Emergency Congress held today to embark on an indefinite strike with immediate effect.

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    “This followed the actions of hoodlums who stormed the Accident and Emergency unit of the Hospital in the early hours of today and assaulted some members of the Association, destroyed several hospital equipment, properties and stole a Corpse during the attack.

    “This attack is happening at a time when our members are showing understanding with the State Government on the non-implementation of our demands on improved welfare vis-a-vis being faced with work overload and exhaustion which is a result of poor remuneration, pay disparity and the attending effect of local brain drain. 

    “We wish to use this opportunity to call on the management of the Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital (EKSU(TH) and the Executive Governor of Ekiti State, Mr. Biodun Oyebanji to apprehend the culprits and bring them to justice for their actions.. 

    “We also implore the state government to as a matter of urgency attend to our pending demands which bother on improved welfare of our members. We implore the management and the government to provide a lasting solution to these incessant assaults on our members and ensure safety when they are in their duty posts.

    “We call on the state Assembly to enact a law to criminalize assault on health workers in Ekiti State.

    “The strike will not be called off until our demands are met.”

    The state chairman of the Joint Negotiating Council, who addressed the health workers, Mr. Femi Ajoloko, said their lives were in danger due to incessant attacks on them by families of patients.

    Ajoloko announced the strike would not be called off until EKSUTH management and the Ekiti State Government guaranteed their security.

    Reacting, the EKSUTH Spokesperson, Mrs Rolake Adewumi, who confirmed the incident, said “The Divisional Police Officer (DPO) in charge of Oke- Ila division has commenced a manhunt to apprehend the culprits.”

  • Japa: EKSUTH approves recruitment of health personnel

    Japa: EKSUTH approves recruitment of health personnel

    The management of Ekiti State Teaching Hospital has approved the recruitment of medical doctors, clinical officers and other health workers.

    The Chief Medical Director, Prof. Kayode Olabanji, who  broke the news  in Ado-Ekiti at the Weekend said the recruitment is part of the EKSUTH’s  efforts to replace medical personnel who have migrated to foreign countries from the hospital.

     Olabanji said that the approval has removed  bureaucratic bottlenecks in recruitment of medical and clinical staff, noting that “it is already yielding results with engagement of medical personnel from its pool of interviewed applicants”.

    “Of course, we are not excluded from the Japa syndrome.  our people also leave, but we have an advantage. Our wards cannot close down.  There are no bureaucracies before we can replace them. Here in this hospital, we have permission to replace the core clinical staff that are exiting.

    “We are addressing japa in a unique way. We are not suffering deprivation because we don’t have to wait for like three, or four months to process a waiver, permission, or approval. We have permission to replace them as soon as they are leaving. If today, the head of nurse tells me that five nurses have left, we have nurses on our list waiting to be employed. We need doctors now, if they apply, we interview and engage them”, he said.

    He explained that the health facility has received tremendous support from the Governor Biodun Oyebanji’s government in terms of regular subvention, workers welfare and modern equipment.

    He added that with the new equipment including endoscopy, CT scan, dental chair and facilities like the Intensive Care Unit, EKSUTH has more patronage and increased IGR to meet the infrastructure and equipment needs.

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    Prof. Olabanji added that health hospital is currently undergoing a rebranding that would further enhance the effective and efficient delivery of healthcare services for the people.

    He dismissed insinuations insinuation of lack of motivation  among the workers,  disclosing that under his watch matters of welfare and other emoluments were prioritized for all categories of workers in the hospital.

    He said, ” We all know all over the world that healthcare delivery involves a lot of money and I can tell you that we have been doing well without any crisis in hospitals through the support of the governor, Biodun Oyebanji, even though we hope for more.

    “Workers welfare is taking the center stage and we are attending to the emoluments because it is our responsibility to give the best healthcare to the people with the help of our modern equipment”.

  • Ekiti lawmaker dies three days after gun attack

    Three days after he was shot by suspected gunmen, a member of Ekiti State House of Assembly, Mr. Michael Adedeji, is dead.

    Adedeji was shot at about 2.00 am on Friday while driving in his car.

    He was rushed to Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital (EKSUTH), Ado-Ekiti, for immediate treatment before he was later referred to Federal Teaching Hospital, Ido-Ekiti.

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    Adedeji was shot in the head and he underwent neurosurgery at the Federal Teaching Hospital before he gave up the ghost.

    House Leader of Business, Chief Gboyega Aribisogan, confirmed Adedeji’s death in a telephone chat on Monday.

     

    …Details coming later

  • Ekiti lawmaker shot by unknown gunmen

    A member of Ekiti State House of Assembly, Mr. Michael Adedeji, is now battling between life and death after being shot in the head by unknown gunmen.

    Adedeji was waylaid in the early hours of Friday while traveling along Ikere-Akure Road by the gunmen who opened fire as he made an attempt to escape from the scene.

    The lawmaker who represents Ekiti Southwest Constituency 2 was rushed to the Accident and Emergency Unit of Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital (EKSUTH) for intensive care.

    He was later referred to Federal Teaching Hospital, Ido-Ekiti (FETHI) where is he is expected to undergo neurosurgery in a bid to save his
    life.

    When our reporter visited EKSUTH to confirm Adedeji’s admission at the Accident and Emergency Unit, a staff member said: “He had been transferred to Ido Ekiti. The bullets hit him in the head and he would have to undergo neurosurgery as soon as possible”.

    But the Ekiti Assembly Deputy Speaker, Mr. Segun Adewumi, described the attack on Adedeji as unfortunate.

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    Adewumi in a telephone chat disclosed that his colleague has been taken to FETHI, where he would have access to CT scanning of his head.

    Adewumi said: “When he was accosted on the way, the lawmaker wanted to flee the scene by putting his car on reverse gear to another direction, but these evil men opened fire on his vehicle and the bullets hit him on the head.

    “He was immediately taken to hospital in Ado Ekiti where he received emergency treatment.”

    Police spokesman, Mr. Caleb Ikechukwu, said the incident has not been brought to his notice.

    Ikechukwu said: “We have not been officially briefed but when we have the information, we shall act appropriately.”

  • Bamidele’s shooting: EKSUTH rejects claim of lack of equipment

    The management of Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital (EKSUTH) has faulted the claim that former House of Representatives member,
    Hon. Opeyemi Bamidele, was moved to Lagos for further treatment because the hospital lacks required equipment.
    The Chief Medical Director, Dr. Kolawole Ogundipe, faulted the statement credited to Bamidele’s media aide, Ahmed Salami.
    Ogundipe in a statement signed by EKSUTH Head of Corporate Affairs, Mrs. Rolake Adewumi, on Monday described the allegation of inadequate equipment at EKSUTH as “unfortunate and derogatory.”
    Ogundipe said Salami supposed to have stated the true story instead of maligning the image of the hospital that rose to occasion to save the lives of his boss and other victims of the shooting.
    The EKSUTH boss, noted that the story was ill motivated, full of ingratitude and a deliberate falsehood directed at smearing the image
    of the hospital.
    According to him, the decision to move Hon. Bamidele by the family was based on social reason only and not due to dearth of any equipment or personnel as Salami falsely stated.
    The CMD added that the treatment and attention given to Hon.  Bamidele and other victims by Medical experts in the Hospital was in accordance with the world best practices in the Medical Profession.
    He pointed out that EKSUTH has received accreditation of both the West African and National Post graduate Medical Colleges in virtually all the departments.
    Adding that the hospital even recorded one Hundred percent success rate at the just concluded Part One examination in the Department of Surgery of the National Postgraduate Medical College held in May 2018.
    But Salami in another statement on Monday said Bamidele did not show ingratitude to EKSUTH saying the alleged dearth of equipment was made in good faith and not to malign the hospital.
    Salami said: “The position I maintained that there was dearth of equipment and personnel in the course of treating Bamidele’s gunshot wounds was made in good faith and not intended to neither denigrate nor impugn on the integrity of the hospital.
    “I want to restate that our position and that of the APC political family remains that the EKSUTH’s doctors did excellently well within
    the limit of the available facilities and Bamidele shall eternally grateful for their proficiency and candour in saving his life.
    “As much as we align with the CMD’s well expatiated position that social reason accounted for why Hon Bamidele was moved to Lagos for further treatments, it is our humble position that he needed more sophisticated facilities for post surgery recuperation.
    “Our position on my principal’s movement to Lagos could have been needless, but for online postings by some interested individuals
    painting a hopeless and lugubrious pictures of his health status that had stabilized shortly after he was brought into EKSUTH drenched in blood and in critical condition.
    “We even stated shortly after he was relocated that he had stabilized and this further accentuated our beliefs and profound appreciation of the expertise of the doctors at EKSUTH.
    “We want to restate that our position shouldn’t be misinterpreted to mean a desecration of the tertiary health institution as we hold the facility in high esteem.”