Medical Practitioner Praises Akeredolu for Innovative Health intervention in Ondo State
The Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu SAN has been praised for his efforts towards ensuring that the University of Medical Teaching Hospital Complex Ondo State, is transformed to compete as a major tertiary health facility within the West African Sub region.
The was stated by the Orthopedic Spine Surgeon
and Chief Medical Director of the University of Medical Sciences Teaching Complex, Dr. Ige Oluwole Olugbengba.
According to him the University of Medical Sciences Teaching Hospital Complex has been revamped by the incumbent Governor of Ondo State in ihis quest to building the state’s health sector.
According to him,” the Akeredolu led administration not only established this facility, but they also ensured that the facility is well funded in order to keep it full operational”
He also explained that the facility was built to fill in the gap in the Tertiary healthcare of the State and also to be a teaching arm of the school of Medical Sciences.
He added that since the establishment of this facility, the state government under the leadership of Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu SAN has seen to the employment of over 1000 personnels for the Teaching Hospital including medical consultants, resident doctors, Pharmacists, nurses, Medical Laboratory scientists, Health Information Managers and others .
The medical personnel also added that the Arakunrin Akeredolu lead administration has not limited itself alone to this area as it has seen to the initiation of other numerous projects across the 18 local government areas of the State.
Furthermore he thanked the Governor for ensuring that the free Mother and Child care services in tbe designated Hospitals which were initially two in the state has been upgraded to Eight as each the Northern and senatorial district hitherto without any now has three designated Mother and Child care designated hospitals
He explained that the unprecedented record of the incumbent Governor of Ondo State can only be rewarded with more work as more work is the reward for hard work.