Tag: UCH
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We disconnected power supply to UCH over N400m debts – IBEDC
Management of Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC) Plc says it was as compelled to disconnect power supply to University of Ibadan College Hospital (UCH) due to an outstanding debt. IBEDC’s Chief Key Accounts Officer, Johnson Tinuoye, in a statement issued on Wednesday in Ibadan, said that the amount owed the company by UCH at N400…
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UCH resident doctors suspend strike
University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan chapter of Association of Resident Doctors (ARD), on Monday, suspended its 51-day-old strike. President of the association in UCH, Dr Temitope Hussein made this known in Ibadan that the decision was reached after some of their demands had been met. Hussein said that members of the association being owed had…
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How COVID-19 killed 17 UCH doctors
The President of the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan Chapter of the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD), Dr Temitope Hussein has revealed how 17 doctors were killed by COVID-19 pandemic Hussein, who was justifying the association’s reasons for joining the nationwide strike of the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors, NARD, explained that the families…
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Controversy over disbursement of N2.7bn Covid-19 funds in Oyo as UCH denies receiving N118m
The University College Hospital has denied receiving any money from the Oyo State Government in its fight against COVID-19 in the state. The Public Relations Officer of the hospital, Toye Akinrinlola, made this known in a press statement on Wednesday. Recall that TheNEwsGuru(TNG) had earlier reported that Oyo had claimed that over N2.7 billion had…
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COVID-19: UCH denies receiving N118m from Oyo govt.
The University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, has debunked the claim by the Oyo State Government that it gave the hospital N118 million to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. The spokesman of UCH, Mr Toye Akinrinlola, refuted the claim in a statement issued on Tuesday in Ibadan. “The attention of the management of the University College Hospital…
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BREAKING: UCH Resident Doctors’ President tests positive for Coronavirus
The President of Association of Resident Doctors (ARD) at the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, Dr Adedayo Williams, has tested positive for Coronavirus. Williams disclosed this in a WhatsApp message he sent to his colleagues and obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday. The UCH spokesperson, Mr Toye Akinrinlola,…
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UCH Chief Medical Director tests positive for coronavirus
Prof Jesse Otegbayo, Chief Medical Director University College Hospital, Ibadan, has revealed that he tested positive for coronavirus. He made this known in an announcement personally signed by him on Sunday morning. The statement read, “Unfortunately, my result returned positive on Saturday afternoon and I remain in isolation as I am not symptomatic. “All staff…
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Tension as medical consultants withdraw services at UCH
There was palpable apprehension at the University College Hospital, Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, on Wednesday as medical consultants withdrew their services in protest against a circular that prescribed acquisition of PhD for clinical lecturers in Nigerian universities. They were protesting under the aegis of the Medical and Dental Consultants’ Association of Nigeria. The National…
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Cancer, major cause of deaths, morbidity in Ibadan – UCH
Prof. Jesse Otegbayo, the Chief Medical Director of the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, says cancer remains one of the three major causes of morbidity and deaths in the hospital in the last three years. Otegbayo said this during the opening ceremony of a three-day workshop organised by the Pharmacy Department of the hospital. The…