LAUTECH hospital first among equals -Alao-Akala

 Written by Tayo Ogunleye Sunday, 22 May 2011

THE Executive Governor of Oyo State, Otunba Christopher Adebayo Alao-Akala, has described LAUTECH Teaching Hospital, Ogbomoso, as first among equals, just as he said he was committed to giving sound education to the students of Ladoke Akintola University and its associated teaching institution.
The governor, who said this on Friday, during the official commissioning of the LAUTECH Teaching Hospital and College of Health Sciences, Ogbomoso, stated that since the time of Pa Obafemi Awolowo, education had been “the major industry of this part of the country,” adding that any administration that did not give education its pride of place would be regarded as a failure.
Otunba Akala, who declared that he was not indebted to any bank in the N24bn project — hospital construction work (N9bn); College of Medicine, over  (N7bn), and the cost of equipment and furnishing of the hospital and college (N7bn) — stated that the commissioning of the project had made him a fulfilled man.
According to him, the foundation of the hospital and college of health sciences, which was laid in 2006, and which consists of various departments, has now reached a stage where it will become one of the best medical schools in the country in terms of physical, spatial provision and equipment, adding that, “we have raised the bar and set a new standard for the provision of teaching aids and medical facilities in colleges of medicine.”
In his address, the Chief Medical Director of the hospital, Professor Kola Obisesan, while thanking the governor for his immense support in the building of the state-of-the-art hospital, confirmed that the hospital had been equipped with standard equipment such as MRI, CT scan, Dialysis machine, Doppler, Ecno-Cardiograph X-Ray, Ultra Sound, Special Theatre table and laboratory equipment, among others.
Professor Obisesan pleaded that the hospital be given a free hand in its operation to ensure effective health service delivery, adding that the intention of the management is to bring in expatriates to handle the modern equipment in order to ensure effective handling of the equipment.

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