Earlier today, Rep. Ibrahim Babajide Obanikoro moved a motion on the floor of the parliament on the need to address the deteriorating infrastructure, lack of basic amenities and inhuman treatment of patients at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH). As an infrastructure-related motion, it was voted on and adopted.
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Need to Address the Deteriorating Infrastructure, Lack of Basic Amenities and Inhuman Treatment of Patients at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH):
Rep. Ibrahim Babajide Obanikoro:
The House:
Notes that the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) was established with the sole objective of improving on the experience and training of medical staff and to raise the standard of the medical industry in Nigeria;
Also notes that in September 2018, the Socio–Economic Right and Accountability Project (SERAP) a Non–Governmental Organisation drew the attention of the government to the deteriorating conditions of LUTH and other Federal Teaching Hospitals across the country, which include lack of capacity, infrastructure and basic amenities;
Worried that the deplorable conditions of Federal Teaching Hospitals across the country could lead to loss of lives and erode the confidence of the people in Nigeria’s healthcare system, thereby instigating Medical tourism and brain drain;
Disturbed that if the funds appropriated for Teaching Hospitals are not properly monitored, they may be directed to other purposes, thereby contributing to decay in the health sector;
Resolves to:
(i) Urge the Federal Ministry of Health to upgrade all Federal University Teaching Hospitals to international standards;
(ii) mandate the Committee on Health Institutions to investigate the condition of the facilities and amenities at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) and all Federal University Teaching Hospitals in the country, including the budgetary provisions as well as their disbursement.
Debate
Rep. Ibrahim Obanikoro moved the motion on the need to address the deteriorating infrastructure, lack of basic amenities and inhuman treatment of patients at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) and it was seconded by Rep. Umar Abdulkadir.
As an infrastructure-related motion, it was voted on and adopted.
