UCH to open snake bite centre in Sepeteri

The N500million remodeled and rehabilitated hospital complex, which was part of the lawmaker’s Constituency projects for Oyo North Senatorial District, was commissioned by a representative of the Senate President, Senator David Mark, who was believed to have stayed back in Abuja because of the bomb blast of Wednesday in which 21people were confirmed dead and […]

The N500million remodeled and rehabilitated hospital complex, which was part of the lawmaker’s Constituency projects for Oyo North Senatorial District, was commissioned by a representative of the Senate President, Senator David Mark, who was believed to have stayed back in Abuja because of the bomb blast of Wednesday in which 21people were confirmed dead and scores of others injured.
The Comprehensive Health Centre which was dedicated to common ailments in Oke Ogun area also has an Xray Unit and staff Quarters.  
The UCH annex was sited in Sepeteri in 1987 but could not be completed for full-fledged use due to the paucity of funds until the Chief Medical Director of UCH, Professor Alonge through the support of two prominent sons of Oke-Ogun, Chief Bamidele Dada and Professor Dibu Ojerinde, approached the senator.
In his address to the commissioning ceremony, the Senate President congratulated Agboola for resuscitating the dreams of the federal government and for giving the people of Sepeteri and indeed Oke-Ogun a new lease of life that they would enjoy consequent upon the commissioning of the new facility comparable to any standard general hospital anywhere in the country.
Also speaking at the commissioning, the CMD of the UCH, Prof. Alonge, expressed joy that the dream of resuscitating the health centre became a reality due to commitment of Sen. Agboola, and Sepeteri indigenes, among other stakeholders.
An elated Alonge noted that the centre would greatly improve access to quality healthcare for residents in the entire Oke-Ogun area, thereby improving the quality of life for them.
He recalled that the journey to the remodelled hospital began in 2005 when he was working on the UCH committee on telemedicine which is aimed at offering medical care for patients who are at far distances through the instrument of television technology.
The facilitator, Sen. Agboola said he decided to adopt the centre as his constituency project for the year 2013 after assessing the huge impact it would make on residents of the entire Oke-Ogun area.