The Federal government has approved the provision of an additional full medical oxygen plant at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH with a view to ensuring oxygen sufficiency in the hospital and other neighbouring hospitals that depend on the Tertiary institution for their oxygen needs.
The Minister further disclosed that the government plans to build an oxygen plant in each of the states of the federation, insisting that the government would also be upgrading oxygen plants at LUTH to meet the hospital’s requirement as well as other neighbouring hospitals.“The oxygen agenda has turned out to be something extremely important in managing COVID-19.
Earlier, the Chief Medical Director of LUTH, Prof Chris Bode appealed to the Minister for assistance in the recruitment of an additional 350 nurses, 50 consultants, and 150 medical officers to supplement the shortage of residents.Bode said that the hospital also needs an oxygen plant, increased overhead to cover the monthly cost of power .
Bode said the hospital has queued into the government’s drive towards reversing the idea of medical tourism by perfecting the delivery of affordable, qualitative tertiary healthcare of international standards.
Source: Education Headlines (educationheadlines.net)