Senate Okays Establishment of Four Medical Centres, Amends Teaching Hospitals Act
The Senate yesterday passed four bills to establish Federal Medical Centres in four states across the country.
The medical centres would be established in Osogbo, Osun State; Onitsha, Anambra State; Gada, Sokoto State; and Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State, respectively.
The passage of the bills to establish the Medical Centres followed the consideration of four separate reports by the Committee on Health (Secondary and Tertiary).
The Chairman of the Committee, Senator Yahaya Oloriegbe (APC, Kwara Central), in his presentations, said the medical centres would be equipped with facilities for diagnostic treatment and rehabilitation at the tertiary levels.
Oloriegbe said the centres would also serve as facilities for training of health professionals and conduct advance health research.
In a related development, the Senate yesterday passed a bill to amend the Teaching Hospitals (Reconstitution of Boards, etc.) Act 2004.
Oloriegbe, in a separate presentation on a report by the Committee on Health (Secondary and Tertiary), explained that the amendment to the Teaching Hospitals Act, seeks to give full legislative recognition to the Federal University Lokoja Teaching Hospital.
He said, “Every Institution needs to be backed by an enabling law.
“It is against this background that this bill is before the chamber.
“As of today, training facilities in the health sector are inadequate for the current population and projected population growth for Nigeria, currently out at 3 per cent per annum.
“Therefore, establishing the Federal University Lokoja Teaching Hospital will address this gap among others,” Oloriegbe added.
He added that the bill seeks to amend the First Schedule to the Principal Act to include the Federal University Lokoja Teaching Hospital.
“By this amendment, it creates a legal backing for the Federal University Lokoja Teaching Hospital,” he said.
The four bills to establish the federal medical centres, and the Bill to amend the Teaching Hospitals Act 2004, were all passed by the chamber during plenary, after a clause-by-clause consideration by the Committee of the Whole.
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