UITH Receives N152m Medical Equipment Donation From Foundation

Date: 2020-09-17

Authorities of the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH) have received free medical equipment, medicines and medicaments worth N152 million from Emeka Offor foundation for health care delivery among indigent patients.

The donation by the non-governmental organization includes 100 beds and their accoutrements like mattresses, side cupboards, as well as anti-hypertensive drugs, multivitamins, among other medicaments and supplies.

Speaking during the presentation in Ilorin on Wednesday, the team lead of the foundation, Mr Chris Ezike, said that the donation was made to UITH and 20 other tertiary/medical institutions in the country to mitigate challenges of "new normal" time occasioned by COVID-19 pandemic and general health care delivery.

"This is our modest way from the nongovernmental, private sector to inject our intervention that will affect a critical area of our living, which is health. We do that in recognition and realization that health is wealth. Healthy population brings about a productive population," he said.

Ezike, who said that the foundation had in the first phase of the distribution of medical supplies to health institutions, donated 40 feet container load of medical equipment worth $380,000 to the UITH in June, adding that it was in conjunction with Savannah Centre for Diplomacy, Democracy and Development.

Also speaking, the Kwara state Commissioner for Health, Dr Raji Razaq, appreciated the donation by the Emeka Offor Foundation to the teaching hospital, saying that the effort had indirectly supported the state government in the face of dwindling economy and envisaged recession.

"Kwara state government, in line with the vision of Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, is determined to ensure all residents have access to quality and affordable health care delivery and to reduce medical tourism to the barest minimum. This gesture today, therefore, is already in line with the vision of the governor and it is commendable", he said.

In his speech, the Chief Medical Director (CMD) of the UITH, Dr Yussuf Dasliva, who said the donation would go a long way at touching and saving lives, especially during the Covid-19 pandemic and among general patients, thanked the foundation for the gesture.

The CMD also promised that the donation would be maximally used for intended purposes and for benefits of humanity, saying that it would not be sold.

He called on other organizations to contribute to the nation's health sector, saying that governments could not do it all alone.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Tescom.kwarastate.gov.ng     Ishola Moses Abiodun     Baba Isale     Kupchi Hosea Maxwell     Kwara State Geographic Information Service     Ibrahim Akaje     Ishaq Salman     Kayode Ogunlowo     Bello Bature     Olaiya Victor Mobolaji     Jamiu Oyawoye     Opobiyi     Oluranti Idowu     Mary Arinde     Samari     Kwara United     ASUU     Laboratory-to-Product     Fola Consultant     Budo Egba     Umar Yakubu Jaja     Aliyu Umar     Ibraheem Adeola Katibi     Oko-Erin     Muyiwa Oladipo Kanu     Babata     Prince Sunday Fagbemi     Kwara Restoration Project     REO CAKES     Lanre Olosunde     SSA Youth     Iyiola Oyedepo     Dan Masanin     Air Peace     Amuda Aluko     Tinubu Legacy Forum     Ijakadi     Saka Onimago     Bola Iyabo Ibiyeye Adisa     Kumbi Titiloye     Ahmed Ayinla Jimoh     Talaka Parapo     Yusuf Abdulkadir     Kehinde Baale     Joseph Alex Offorjama     Baruten     Akande Idowu Ayoola Muhammed     Adegoke Bamidele     Saka Abimbola Isau     Ibrahim Kayode Adeyemi     Dan Iya Of Ilorin     Kunle Akogun     Omoniyi Ayinla     Adamu Atta     Mustapha AbdulGaniyu     Ilorin Amusement Park     Tunji Moronfoye     Temitope Ogunbanke     Yusuf Abdulwahab     Abdullahi Dasilva Yussuf     Sabitiyu Grillo     Oyin-Zubair     UITH     Durbar Festival     Bashirat Bola Bello     Baboko Primary School     Ajakaye     Timothy Akangbe     Innocent Okoye     AGF Abdulrazaq     Boko Haram     Ebola     Henry Makinwa     Amos Justus Sayo     Cornelius Adebayo     Maigida Soludero Transit     Kumbi Titilope    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Revenue Court     Jare Olatundun     AbdulRazaq Jiddah     Fola Consultant     Atiku     Oke-Ogun     Saidu Kawu     KW-GIS     Bola Olukoju     Bibire Ajape     Third Estate     IDPU     Umar Gunu     Radio Kwara     Leke Ogungbe     Balogun Ajikobi     Gamji Members Association     Summit University     Balogin Alanamu     Ojo Fadumila     Chief Imam Of Lafiagi     CELF     Yahaya Abdulkareem Babaita     Ahmed \'Lateef     Kwara NIPR     Simeon Sayomi     David Oyedepo     Ahmed Alhasssan     AbdulGaniyu Kareem     Jaiz Bank     Kwara State Health Insurance Agency     Elerin Of Erin-Ile     SDP     Halimat Yusuf     Ajikobi     Clement Yomi Adeboye     Islamiya Abdulraheem     Ilorin Talaka Parapo (ITP)     Abdulkadir Jimoh     Amina Susa\'a De Ahmed     NTA Ilorin     Hikmah AbdulKareem     Binta Abubakar-Mora     Apaola     Oke-Odo     Bolaji Nagode     Road Transport Employers Association Of Nigeria     Sidikat Uthman Ajibola     Pius Abioje     Sobi     Ilorin Muslim Community     Muhammadu Gobir     Maigidasanma     Adegoke Bamidele     Federal Polytechnic Offa     Olaiya Victor Mobolaji     Towoju     Ilorin Likeminds Foundation     Lanre Olosunde     Abdulganiyu Oladosu     Sulyman Abdulkareem     Kamaldeen Kehinde     Kawu Baraje     Suleiman Mora Omar     Christopher Ayeni     Tunde Idiagbon Road     Plat Technologies     Yusuf Aiyedun     Rafiu Ajakaye     Owu Fall     Offa     Niyi Osundare     LABTOP     Sebastine Obasi     Amusement Park     Bola Magaji     Kayode Oyin-Zubair