Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) has said that more than 150 nurses resigned their appointments with the tertiary hospital within the last three years.
Chief Medical Director of LASUTH, Prof. Adetokunbo Fabamwo, who stated this, yesterday, during a media briefing in Lagos, said the situation arose as a result of health workers relocating abroad to practise, noting that the exit replacement strategy of the government had, however, ensured that operations weren’t disrupted at the hospital.
He added that applications for positions of nurses and resident doctors had reduced in the hospital.
According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Fabamwo said the hospital now recruits double qualified nurses and also engaged some retired but not tired nurses on contract basis to bridge the gaps.
The LASUTH CMD, who spoke on the issue of bed space management, said that the hospital was using a team of nurses called ‘monitoring crew’ to ensure speedy transfer of stable patients from emergency units to wards.
Fabamwo said that the ongoing construction of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) building with a 120-bed capacity in the hospital was at 90 per cent completion stage.
He said that the SDG building would alleviate the issue of bed space constriction, enhance critical care services and assist to reduce medical tourism.
On the issue of Solomon Oriere, who allegedly sold COVID-19 vaccination cards without inoculation, Fabamwo said the impostor was not a worker of LASUTH.
He said Oriere had been arrested and is currently in police custody, adding that the public would be kept abreast of the findings of the investigation.
