The College of Medical Sciences Educating Hospital, Ondo (UNIMEDTHC), on Wednesday, refuted the allegation of looting tools donated to the hospital by the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) and different donor companies, deeming it false and baseless.
The Chief Medical Director of the Educating Hospital, Prof. Oluwole Ige, who denied the allegations, expressed that the accusations had been past the administration’s comprehension. He described them as unfair, laughable, and shameful.
Ige maintained that the tools donated by RCCG and different donors is undamaged and actively utilised by the hospital for coaching college students and scientific functions, opposite to insinuations in some quarters.
Represented by the Chairman of Medical Anniversary, Dr. Michael Gbala, Ige acknowledged that the alleged looting of ICU tools donated by RCCG to the Educating Hospital is a deliberate try and tarnish the hospital’s picture.
He highlighted the Educating Hospital’s accomplishments in offering normal and environment friendly scientific providers, conducting analysis, and coaching well being personnel at each undergraduate and postgraduate ranges. Moreover, he disclosed that UNIMED has produced two units of Medical Docs and Dental Docs, together with three units of Physiotherapists, Graduate Nurses, Medical Laboratory Scientists, and others.
Ige identified that the publication aimed to dampen the morale of the college group, particularly at a time when the employees ought to be celebrating successes and achievements, such because the induction of medical and dental medical doctors into their respective professions.
The hospital administration demanded a retraction of the false publication and an unreserved apology inside the subsequent 48 hours from the writer of the report, Mr. Yemi Fasipe. They emphasised that authorized motion can be pursued towards Fasipe if the calls for should not met.
“As of now, we emphatically state that each one the tools is undamaged and optimally utilized at numerous service factors inside the Hospital,” Ige asserted.
He highlighted a monitoring and analysis go to by His Love Basis (RCCG) on November 9, 2023, confirming the passable state and utilization of the tools. The administration was conscious of a feeble try at retraction by Mr. Yemisi Fasipe, demanding an unequivocal retraction and an unreserved apology inside the subsequent 48 hours.
Ige urged media help in shifting the establishment ahead, emphasizing the necessity for correct verification of data earlier than publication and discouraging sensationalism.
The administration expressed appreciation to the Redeemed Christian Church of God for the donation, emphasizing the tools’s important advantages to a whole lot of sufferers in areas corresponding to ICU care, Echocardiography, anesthesia, and renal providers.