The Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) has said more than 150 nurses resigned their appointments with the tertiary hospital within the last three years, The Nation reports.
LASUTH’s Chief Medical Director (CMD) Prof. Adetokunbo Fabamwo announced this while addressing reporters yesterday in Lagos.
Fabamwo said the situation emanated from the relocation of health workers abroad to practice.
The CMD said the exit replacement strategy of the government had ensured that operations were not disrupted at the hospital.
He added that in recent times, applications for positions of nurses and resident doctors had reduced in the tertiary hospital.
To address the challenge, Fabamwo said the hospital now recruits double qualified nurses and engages some retired but not tired nurses on contract basis to bridge the gaps.
On the issue of bed space management, the CMD said the hospital was using a team of nurses called “monitoring crew” to ensure speedy transfers of stable patients from emergency units to wards.
This, according to him, has created spaces for incoming patients.
Fabamwo said the ongoing construction of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) building with a 120-bed capacity in the hospital was at 90 per cent completion level.
The CMD said the SDG building would reduce bed space constriction, enhance critical care services in the hospital and assist to reduce medical tourism in the state and country.
He added that the hospital was also working on the expansion of its Surgical Emergency Unit, Psychiatric Unit and Resident Doctors quarters.
According to him, the policies and infrastructure development are meant to improve healthcare services and patients’ experience at the hospital.
On the issue of Solomon Oriere, who allegedly sold COVID-19 vaccination cards without inoculation, Fabamwo said the suspected impostor was not a worker at LASUTH.
The CMD said Oriere had been arrested and was in police custody, adding that the public would be kept abreast of the findings of the investigation.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Federal Government said between July and August 2022, 422 persons were caught trying to use fake COVID-19 vaccination cards to travel.
It said the 422 persons were discovered by the Port Health Services (PHS) and were apprehended while trying to pass through the clearance process at the airport.
