WorldStage– The Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA) Teaching Hospital, Akure, says it will render improved healthcare services to align with President Bola Tinubu ‘s Renewed Hope Agenda.
The Chief Medical Director (CMD) of the hospital, Prof. Olusegun Ojo, made the promise on Wednesday in Akure during the inauguration of substantive heads of departments and units of the hospital.
Ojo said the mandate of the hospital, as being approved by the Federal Government, was to render quality and affordable healthcare services to people of the state and its environment.
The CMD recalled the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the state government on the conversion of the hospital staff from a state-owned hospital to a Federal Government-owned hospital as a teaching hospital.
According to him, the conversion did not capture all the staff of the native hospital.
“All the staff that have been approved by the authorities will be captured by the Office of the Account General of the Federation.
“The way it goes is that, as our MoU said, it’s not everyone in every facility that will be taken over.
“The MoU, particularly on page six, specifically says that the staff of this hospital will be verified for their qualifications,
“Their current state will be ascertained, and they will look at their performance and other factors like their biometrics, then they will select. It says only those who are eligible will be taken over.
“The MoU is a public document, and we’re ready to share it with anybody who provides us their details,” he said.
According to him, those that are yet to be captured due to some factors will be captured in the biometrics by the Office of Accountant General of the Federation in the mop-up exercise in few weeks’ time.
He appreciated Gov. Lucky Aiyedatiwa for sponsoring programmes and payment of workers’ salaries since the take-off of the teaching hospital.
“Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System (IPPIS) is yet to capture all the staff for salary payment.
“Since the hospital’s take off, we have been able to pay a lot of visiting staff, part-time staff, who have been a complement to the pensionable staff.
“Above that, we’ll also be needing the goodwill of our people which will generate understanding for us to explain our shortfalls, and patience with us while we go over the fitting problems that we have identified.
“If we do not have the goodwill of the public, we will not have the patients that we need, neither will we have philanthropists to come forward.“It’s clear that with about 98 tertiary hospitals in the country having similar needs and desires, and a huge population needing medical service, the Federal Government will not be able to cater for every need,” he said.
