Over 2000 infants delivered, 6,300 surgical procedures carried out in UBTH in 2024 – CMD

No fewer than 2,100 infants have been delivered within the University of Benin Educating Hospital (UBTH), within the outgoing yr 2024. The tertiary well being establishment additionally attended to about 300,000 sufferers, carried out about 6,300 surgical procedures throughout its totally different theatres, handled and discharged about 20,000 sufferers throughout the yr below assessment.

The Chief Medical Director of UBTH, Prof. Darlington Obaseki, disclosed this on Wednesday on the finish of the yr occasion/award evening of the Hospital.

He additionally disclosed that a median of over 1,500 out-patients have been attended to on a day by day within the Hospital.

“As of right this moment, this yr, about 300,000 sufferers have been attended to. We did about 6,300 surgical procedures throughout the totally different theatres within the hospital.

“We handled and discharged about 20,000 sufferers from our wards, and we took supply of about 2,100 births. As we converse persons are nonetheless delivering. So, it’s a whole lot of work and tonight we’re right here to honor those that do these works.

“We see over 1500 outpatients on common day by day. Out of the quantity, possibly two or three might have points that turn out to be a degree of complaints, whereas we forgot concerning the over 1,497 or 1,498 that have been efficiently handled and discharged dwelling,” he mentioned.

The UBTH CMD who famous that employees of the Hospital carried their our bodies with grace and dignity, added that it was not an excuse for these performing particular duties to complain of no gentle, water, syringes and consumables within the Hospital.

He mentioned: “You can’t take that as an excuse that there isn’t any gentle in UBTH as a result of for us that equates to anyone dying.

Obaseki mentioned the event was to have a good time a yr of exceptional milestones, encourage and honour the distinctive contributions of employees of the establishment, a choice he mentioned was taken by the Hospital administration seven years in the past.

“We now have determined that we’ll encourage our employees in each means potential by selecting out a few of them to be honoured and rewarded yearly.

“People who might be acknowledged right this moment are representatives of the bigger work that each one of us does. This yr has been significantly difficult for everyone on this nation due to the continuing reforms.

“The financial system has been very powerful and has been very exhausting for our employees to get to work. So, it isn’t an excessive amount of for us to say thanks to the nurses, pharmacists, medical lab scientists, accountants, medical doctors, home officers, and interns amongst others.

“Thanks for a job properly completed, thanks for the final yr and we hope that you’ll do extra. That’s the reason we’re right here right this moment,” he acknowledged.