BENIN CITY – The Medical Director, Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital, Benin City, Dr. Sunday Osasu Olotu has enumerated modest achievements made by him to reposition the medical facility in the hospital, despite the myriad of problems that welcomed him into office.
Dr. Olotu, who drew focus to the current serene environment in the hospital which did not reflect a “neuro-psychiatric environment”, stated that the feat was attributable to the proper re-organusation and re-engineering of human capacity in the hospital.
Speaking with newsmen in Benin City yesterday, the Medical Director explained that inspite of the myriad of crisis perpetuated by a sect of cabals in the hospital when he assumed office in 2012, his administration had been able to bring about the desired sanity for the benefit of and growth of the establishment.
He said that he had been able to build and improve on human capacity and resources in the hospital by sending staff on foreign training, as well as training others within the country, aside attending short refresher courses and seminars that have paid off on the quality medical delivery services to the people.
Dr. Olotu, who felt pressured by some delinquents who instigated senses of demonstration during his appointment as the Medical Director of the hospital stated that he made his breakthrough in the health delivery to mental patients in the hospital by breaking the branches into smaller units based on the specialty of staff to enhance the better care of patients.
According to him, “this led to the decongestion of wards, categorization of patients into wards, such as recovery and new patients to different wards, rehabilitation amongst others, boosted the qualitative mental delivery currently enjoyed in the hospital.” This he said had been harmonious and more therapeutic.
The Medical Director explained that the child Adolescent Psychiatric Unit which had been moribund is now functional since he assumed office, even as he revealed that his administration had also erected an “administrative block” at the permanent site of the hospital at Urora with other buildings still on going.
To ease operational costs, Dr. Olotu stated that the moribund Petrol dump was re-activated and is now functional while a staff bus is in place to ease the stress of movement of staff.
Knowing that people come in for routine medical check-up, provisions was made and a family physician employed to treat out patients in addition to running a National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), to make healthcare cheap and accessible to people.
For efficiency of the security unit, the Nigerian security and civil defence corps was called in to train staff of that unit and based on the present assessment of the school of nursing, he was optimistic that the school would soon meet the accreditation mark with the present level of staff undergoing training and professionalism with the quest for attaining bachelors degrees in Nursing Science which is in addition to other qualifications in their keep.
Dr. Sunday Olotu observed that he would have been able to achieve a milestone and better position the hospital but for lingering issues and strong stance of opposing factors even after he severally offered the olive branch and the need to work harmoniously for the good of humanity.