The five tertiary hospitals in Lagos State have given account of their stewardship in the past three years, highlighting achievements to improve healthcare delivery for patients and residents across the hospitals.
The management of the hospitals made this known at a news conference hosted by Prof. Wasiu Adeyemo, Chief Medical Director, Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH).
The conference was held on Tuesday in commemoration of the 2026 Democracy Day, on June 12.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the achievements across the hospitals generally centered on infrastructure development, training and overall services upgrade, aimed to enhance delivery for improved healthcare and patient’s treatment outcomes.
Speaking, the LUTH CMD said the Federal Government had put a lot of money for infrastructure development across the 84 tertiary hospitals in Nigeria, as it had invested over N40 billion to infrastructure upgrade in the hospital.
Citing some of the achievements, Adeyemo said FG had provided funds for the refurbishment of the LUTH MedServe Cancer Centre, Dermatology centre, laboratory and diagnostic units with standard equipment.
“Beyond the overall expansion of the hospital’s different specialty services capacity, the hospital trains and employs staff on yearly basis.
“The FG has enhance our capacity to increase the number of LUTH schools students admissions, spending over N48.1 million on the student’s training, with 137 of them having benefited the NetFund scheme.
“On the brain drain challenge, we need to encourage our healthcare professionals to practise within the country by providing the equipment for them to work with.
“The FG has put a lot of money to infrastructure development and has also increased the salary since January 2026,” Adeyemo said.
On the the issue of limited bed spaces across public hospitals, Adeyemo emphasised the need for the tertiary, secondary and primarily healthcare facilities to collaborate and strengthen the hospital’s referral system.
The Medical Director, Federal Medical Centre, Ebute-Meta, Dr Saheed Ogunme, cited wide range of operational advancement in the hospital across its multi-specialities.
According to him, the 62-year-old hospital, through the FG’s subsidised dialysis programme, now renders weekly dialysis services at an affordable price of N12,000, from the initial cost of N120,000.
“We may be going through challenges in the health sector, which is not limited to Nigeria, but, there are still good things happening in hospitals,” Ogunme said.
Similarly, the Medical Director, National Orthopedic Hospital, Igbobi, Dr Wakeel Lawal, said the government had embarked on policies that had expanded specialised services of the hospital, including the establishment of its amenity services.
Lawal, cited the recent FG’s presentation of 79 ambulances to tertiary hospitals across the country as part of efforts to strengthen the hospitals’ emergency response system, stressing that the accident and emergency services of the hospital was expanded along others infrastructural upgrades.
“We cannot expect a hospital established 80 years ago to meet the present day realities, which is the reason for the various infrastructural developments in the hospital,” Lawal said.
On the limited bed space challenge particularly in Lagos, Lawal attributed the situation to the increasing population of the state, which was currently over 23 million.
The Medical Director, Federal Neuro-psychiatric Hospital, Yaba, Dr Olugbenga Owoeye, reiterated commitment to training of staff, including the occupational therapists.
Owoeye, represented by Dr Olufumilayo Akinola, the Director, Clinical Services, said the training was part of efforts to close the gap created by brain drain in the hospital, as it recruits staff on yearly basis.
The Medical Director, Federal Medical Centre, Epe, Dr Kaka Saheed, highlighted lots of achievements in spite of its inception in 2024.
