…hospital champions heart surgery, renal transplant in Nigeria
Marking the 50th anniversary of Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital Complex (OAUTHC), the Chief Medical Director, Professor John Okeniyi, said the Renewed Hope Agenda of President Tinubu has contributed to their health care delivery service.
He noted that the hospital is now at the forefront of delivering good service in Nigeria in the area of cardiac surgery, renal transplant, free blood cancer treatment among others.
Professor Okeniyi after unveiling the 50th anniversary logo and addressing newsmen at the hospital complex on Wednesday, highlighted the achievement of the hospital in the past five decades, saying, “we have separated Siamese twins, we are leading in the area of cardiac surgery, renal transplant using indigenous personnel, providing free blood cancer treatment among others.”
The CMD said the hospital is a World Health Organisation (WHO) Centre of excellence in Neonatal medicine and newborn which also has the biggest pediatric surgical complex in Nigeria.
He said that the hospital in the past 50 years has made notable achievements in every area of medical services including making measles vaccine and mentoring young professionals in a field for future challenges among others.
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Meanwhile, he said recently that the Hospital keyed into the Renewed Hope Agenda which resulted in the increase of budgetary allocation from N2.5billion annually to N20 billion annually.
According to him, “When I came in, we used to receive N2/N2.5billion annually but after we key into Renewed Hope Agenda, then it goes astronomically to N20billon. We have to reciprocate what the government is doing by providing more services to Nigerians. This week alone we’ve done seven major liver surgeries, ranging from ERPs to Whipple procedure for pancreas.
“The government has done its part, they can do more because of the infrastructural decay and personnel, we will get there. I must commend President Bola Tinubu, the Minister of Health, Permanent Secretary and those at the National Assembly, they saw the need and made it happen.”