Stakeholders Clamour For Bill On Lagos University Of Medicine, Health Sciences

As portion of efforts to span the shortfall successful the fig of wellness practitioners successful Lagos State, stakeholders successful the state’s acquisition and wellness sectors person called for the speedy transition of a measure to found the Lagos State University of Medicine and Health Sciences.

The stakeholders clamoured for transition of the bill, which was described arsenic agelong overdue, astatine a nationalist proceeding held connected Wednesday astatine the Lagos State House of Assembly Complex, Lateef Jakande Auditorium.

The Lagos State Commissioner for Tertiary Education, Mr. Tolani Sule, said that the existent ratio of 1 doc to 3,600 patients successful Lagos, with astir 25 cardinal people, is grossly inadequate.

He explained further that establishing the assemblage volition deepen the grooming and capableness of health-care workers and, by extension, trim the encephalon drain syndrome.

Commissioner for Health Professor Akin Abayomi stated that the World Health Organisation(WHO) stipulated a ratio of 1 doc to 600 patients, noting that aesculapian schools successful Lagos, Lagos State University and Lagos State University College Hospital hardly nutrient 200 per annum, which is inadequate.

He noted that Lagos State boasts astir 30 wide hospitals and different Primary Health Care Centres, saying the aesculapian infrastructure and unit person been overstretched owed to the expanding fig of sick people.

Abayomi stated categorically that the constitution of the University volition assistance supply trained unit to grip the sick population.

The Chairman of the Joint Committee, Hon Lawal Aina Musbau, said that the Medical School successful Lagos cannot sorb the expanding fig of aesculapian and allied students.

He promised to instrumentality Pharmacist Oyewole Anthony Bola’s proposition that each different ancillary courses should beryllium considered by naming the instauration Lagos State University of Health Sciences alternatively of Lagos State University of Medicine and Health Sciences.

The Deputy Speaker, Hon. Mon Solar Miranda, concluded that each the stakeholders’ input volition beryllium considered erstwhile passing the bill.