The University College Hospital (UCH) in Ibadan, Oyo State, has rescinded its earlier decision to add N1,000 electricity fee to the service charge of patients on admission.
A statement by the hospital’s spokesperson, Toye Akinrinlola, quoting the Director of Administration, Stephen Oladejo, said there was never a time the hospital charged such fee as it was more concerned with adequate healthcare delivery to Nigerians.
It reiterated that the memo being referred to was an internal document which was not implemented after a thorough review from internal mechanisms for such issues, and had since been withdrawn. The statement said at no point did the hospital charge electricity fee.
It reads: “We are assuring the public that we shall continue to deliver effective and efficient healthcare to Nigerians, irrespective of status. It is also important to state that the University College Hospital does not turn back patients and had written off bills incurred by indigent patients many times.
“Our doors are always open for people to cross check our activities.”
A leaked June 21 internal memo proposed a N1,000 utility bill to be added to the service charge of patients.