Coronavirus: University College Hospital faults Oyo state government over N118 million donation

Segun Showunmi in Ibadan

The Management of the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan has denied receiving the sum of N118 million from the Oyo State government in fight against coronavirus pandemic in the state.

Penpushing reports that this was contained in a statement signed by Public Relations Officer of the health institution, Toye Akinrinlola on behalf of the Chief Medical Director of the hospital, Prof. Jesse Otegbayo,

The statement  faulted the Oyo State Commissioner of Finance, Mr. Akinola Ojo as saying the said amount was released to University College Hospital(UCH), Ibadan, adding,”we hereby state emphatically that the University College Hospital, Ibadan did not and has not received any monetary donation from the Oyo State Government’.

“We contacted some officials of Oyo State for a clarification on this, but it seems there is a misunderstanding in the difference between the College of Medicine of the University of Ibadan and the University College Hospital Ibadan. It therefore behoves the Management of the UCH to put the record straight’.

“The Chief Medical Director of the UCH is a member of the Oyo State COVID 19 task force. He should know if any money was given to UCH outside the 250 pieces of the PPE given to the hospital’.

“All other services rendered to Oyo State by UCH have been strictly humanitarian and no financial benefits have accrued to the hospital. The UCH has been able to cope with the rigours of pandemic through donations from the NCDC (an organ of the Federal Government), some corporate bodies, well meaning Nigerians, Alumni associations of the hospital, staff and students of the hospital’.

Penpushing further reports that the statement however said that the University College Hospital (UCH) is not in receipt of any N118m as claimed by  the Oyo State Government