Isolo General Hospital, Isolo, Lagos October 24, 2024, marked the one year in office of its Medical Director/Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Saliu Olugbenga Oseni.
It also chose the occasion to unveil its brand new Psychiatry Department, with consulting rooms, male and female ward admission, the first among general hospitals in Lagos; and a private ward.
Speaking at the occasion, Dr. Wale Adegbite, who represented the Permanent Secretary, Lagos State Health Service Commission, Dr. (Chief) Benjamin Ademuyiwa Eniayewun, who unveiled the Psychiatry Department, commended the MD/CEO for his good works in just one year, stating that the achievements were there for all to see. Were it not so, he argued, the staff of the hospital would not have deemed it fit to celebrate him after just one year in office.
The hospital Public Affairs Officer, Patricia Mordi, described the MD/CEO as ‘Mr Talk and Do’, stating that the changes he has brought to the hospital in just one year are unprecedented. She also seized the occasion to unveil a photo panorama, which captured major completed and ongoing projects being prosecuted by Dr. Oseni, appealing to the Lagos Health Authorities not to transfer him away from the hospital just yet.
Delivering his address, Dr. Oseni thanked the Health Service Commissioner, Dr. Mrs Atinuke Onayiga and all commission members, the Permanent Secretary, Dr. (Chief) Benjamin Ademuyiwa Eniayewun; directors from the Health Service Commission; Dr Taiwo Hassan MD/CEO, Ikorodu General Hospital, who he described as a ‘supportive’ personal friend; and the whole Isolo General Hospital management and staff members, for the success so far achieved.
Above all, he thanked the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu for the ongoing renovations in the hospital, even as he prayed for their speedy completion.
Reflecting on the past one year, Dr. Oseni outlined deliveries in the areas of power, office/health equipment, refurbishment and extension of facilities to impact more people and deliver better service; creation of new units, such as the Psychiatry Department and a functional Dermatology Unit, and improved staff welfare, including Sallah and Christmas packages in cash and kind and free medical services to staff within the facility on health concerns not covered by insurance.
Notably, he listed the purchase of purchase of 40 desktops, 2 ipad and 25 laptops; refurbishment/repair of a 500kva generator, an abandoned 30kva generator, provision of 40 ceiling fans to replace on functional ones at the MCC and other wards, repair and reuse of condemned ceiling fans, provision of 20 rechargeable wall fans for new emergency rooms, call rooms and other key areas. This is not forgetting the full equipping of the newly renovated emergency room with inverter ACs, rechargeable fans, beds, couches and trolleys.
He also listed 10kva solar inverters for the Emergency Room, the GOPD; 5kva inverter for the laboratory; replacement of the inverter batteries at server room with 7.5 kva with 7.5kwatts lithium batteries; facilitation of the 50kva inverter donated to the MCC; a brand new x-ray to replace a condemned one, replacement of ACs at the Dental Department, provision of CPAO machine for the Pediatric Department; and the refurbishment and upgrading of the Electronic Medical Report EMR to fibre-optic network.
Other notable achievements, as recounted in Oseni’s speech, are the newly renovated eye clinic with ACs and equipment for better service delivery, equipping of the Physiotherapy Departments, creation of a second theatre suite, recovery room and high dependency unit at the MCC, extension of the male ward with 8 beds and additional waiting area for laboratory alongside phlebotomy room and pay point space.
Oseni stated that most of the achievements were made possible because the hospital management was able to improve the IGR, even as he maintained that capital budget remain its major challenge in its effort to keep improving infrastructure.
