Oyo Healthcare Now Comatose – PDP
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Oyo State chapter, has urged Governor Abiola Ajimobi to declare a state of emergence in the state’s health sector, saying it is now comatose.
The party, in a statement issued by the state Publicity Secretary, Engineer Akeem Olatunji, on the death of a journalist, Olufemi Oluwajobi, work worked with Fresh FM, but was mauled by a hit and run driver in the early hours of New Year’s day, emphasized that, “it is expressly clear that the late Oluwajobi died as a result of a failed system that has eaten deep into the fabrics of Oyo State.
“In view of the above, the PDP in Oyo State is giving the Governor Abiola Ajimobi led APC government a two-week ultimatum to declare a state of emergency in the Oyo State health sector”.
Failure to do this, the party threatened to petition the EFCC, ICPC, National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), World Health Organisation (WHO) and the UN over unwarranted loss of lives due to incompetence and corruption demonstrated by the Oyo State APC government in the last six years and six months”.
According to PDP, in the statement titled ‘Olufemi Oluwajobi and a death too many: The Comatose State of Oyo State Health Sector’, the death of the journalist was a clear indication that the health sector in the state is now in a major crisis, adding that, ”it is expressly clear that late Olufemi Oluwajobi died as a result of a failed system that has eaten deep into the fabrics of Oyo State.”
“From information gathered, late Oluwajobi was referred to the Adeoyo State Hospital Ring Road from a private clinic where he earlier got first aid treatment owing to injuries sustained from the vehicular accident. It was alleged that on arrival at the state health facility, it was very disheartening to know that there was no electricity nor generating plants to lighten up the premises and to make matters worse, the so-called government teaching hospital has no medical equipment to cater for emergency or accident victims,” the PDP said.
The party added that, “late Oluwajobi was attended to by a resident Doctor but the hospital has no Intensive Care Unit (ICU) just like other Oyo State owned hospitals across the State. The victim was then referred to UCH but the ambulances owned by the hospital have been grounded for a long time with no oxygen facilities.
“The whole hospital has only one driver and it’s impossible for him to operate 24 hours in a day for months. A visit to the state hospital will reveal the obsolete state of the hospital, it is either they are non-functioning, obsolete or comatose.
“The situation of Adeoyo General Hospital is what is obtainable in all the state-owned hospitals across the state and a sad reminder of the governance failure under the ruling All Progressives Congress of Governor Abiola Ajimobi.”
The party stressed that “the staffing is grossly inadequate and poorly remunerated”, adding that, “the Primary Health Centres across the state relies on ad-hoc staff to attend to patients thereby putting the lives of the poor citizens in danger.
”Till date, the health workers are being owed by the state government, probably this may account for low morale among the staffers. Many people have had agonizing experiences in all the state-owned government hospitals, apart from lack of constant electricity and non functional generating sets, patients fetch water from home or buy pure water for their use in the hospital.
“Adeoyo State Hospital as at today is a morgue, not a health care facility. The hospital has no functioning X-ray machine and oxygen bottle. The provider of electricity from public main had to disconnect electricity to the hospitals due to nonpayment of electricity bill. It is surprising that at this modern age, rechargeable lanterns are being used to take child birth delivery in the hospital while the entrance of the hospital have been taking over by weeds and refuse.’
“That we lost a promising and a rising star like Olufemi Oluwajobi is a clear indication that the state health sector is another failure like education, agriculture, sports, infrastructure and other sectors,” it added.
