Prof. John Okeniyi, the Chief Medical Director(CMD), Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital Complex (OAUTHC), has celebrated his first-year progress on excellent achievements in healthcare delivery.
Okeniyi stated this during his first-Year Anniversary in Office at Complex Auditorium, on Wednesday, in Ile-Ife.
He attributed the glory of his success to God Almighty, his team and staff by collaborating with all stakeholders in enhancing and ensuring perfect healthcare service delivery, training and research, for "a tree cannot make a forest".
According to him, his tenure commenced amidst a period of unprecedented turmoil, industrial disharmony and excessive bureaucracy and his responsibility was trust upon his fate.
Okeniyi expressed further that he was tasked with addressing the challenges of insubordination, misconduct, various unethical behaviours and over-establishment, thereby staying committed to realising the vision and mission.
The CMD has demonstrated a true sense of service in many aspects despite the difficult situation he inherited.
The Consultant Paediatrician explained that staff enrolled in 2021 have been confirmed, while laundry and tailoring staff with career stagnation have been migrated to general duties in the directorate of administration.
He stated further that transparent intern appointments based on merit have been made for pharmacists, physiotherapists, nurses, medical laboratory scientists, dental technologists and dieticians.
Okeniyi expressed that to alleviates the acute shortage of clinical staff, locum appointments have been made to enhance training and services across OAUTHC schools, Ijesaland Geriatric centre, pharmacy, medical consultants.
Other appointed are nursing services, occupational therapy, cardiac perfusion and dental surgical therapy, while there's upgrading of hospital consultants.
He stated further that his administration has fully complied with all relevant government agencies and Federal Ministry of Health directives in resolving illegal June 2022 recruitment whereby the successful candidates have been offered fresh appointments.
The Paediatrician said that 415 Senior and 728 junior staff were successful across all cadres for promotion exercise and all newly employed staff with outstanding ones on government IPPIS platforms has been completed.
Other achievements includes leadership appointments of: Chairman and Deputy-Chairman, Medical Advisory Committee, Acting-Director of Administration, Substantive Director of Administration, eight physicians-in-charge, eight unit administrators, professional medical billing unit and new directors.
He adding that OAUTHC is the number one centre in Nigeria with a total of 33 cases and counting of paediatric open-heart surgery.
According to him, the teaching hospital has done a total of 137 successful obstetric fistulae repairs with laparoscopic paediatric surgeries of first endoscopic avulsion of a posterior urethral valve.
Okeniyi also indicated that OAUTHC has successfully accredited PCR laboratory;(IHVN) virology laboratory;ENT, obstetrics & Gynaecology; Cardiothoracic surgery; radiology; emergency; medicine; ophthalmology; dental surgery; anaesthesia;school of health; information Management and college of nursing.
He achieved more in oxygen plant restoration;oxygen piping; oxygen production policies; oxygen concentrators, power supply and solar power upgrade among others.
Okeniyi listed part of the challenges as:call meals, infrastructural decadence, corrupt practices, poor deployment of electronic medical recording system, revenue collection, poor funding, lightening damaged electronic system, to mention but few.
He warned against sexual immortality amidst the staff, that anyone found guilty would be punished, prosecute as well as posted to social media, calls for removal of bed from offices using by staff on shifting.
The CMD maintained that new appointment of needed cadres were on merit, while over-employment cannot be allowed on OAUTHC where 2,054 were employed when only 450 staff needed.
Okeniyi complaint bitterly on wrong JAPA syndrome, saying some staff left through prolonged leaves, studying abroad, but they were asked to either return back, saying over N30 million have retrieved back.
The Paediatrician ensure that soonest the hospital will be power by solar power especially main theatre, there will be light everywhere, whereby IBDC would have no chance again.
He appealed to the staff to ensure their full support for them to take the teaching hospital to the promised land.
The Chief Medical Advisory Committee (CMAC), Prof Akinwumi Komolafe, who spoke on behalf of others commended the CMD for being focused, exemplary leader, competence, courageous, consistence, transparent and lead by example.
Komolafe promised that all staff would support the new CMD for more productivity.
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