Time100 winner, Funsho, extols high-level professionalism at LASUTH
16 June 2022 |
3:31 am
One of the 100 most influential persons in the world as announced by Time Magazine in 2020, Dr. Tunji Funsho, has extolled the workforce at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) for high-level professionalism in the institution.
One of the 100 most influential persons in the world as announced by Time Magazine in 2020, Dr. Tunji Funsho, has extolled the workforce at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) for high-level professionalism in the institution.
The cardiologist, who practised for over four decades, stated this yesterday as he shared his experience when his brother was admitted to the Critical Care Unit of the hospital.
He said: “My brother had bled into his brain and this made him unconscious for about a month. I was amazed at the quality of equipment and professionalism displayed by security officers, nurses, egrotherapists, resident doctors and consultants at the hospital. They all ensured excellent patient care in an environment that is conducive to healing, which is very unusual in public healthcare facilities.”
Funsho, a past District Governor of Rotary International, who was instrumental in the World Health Organisation (WHO) certifying Nigeria and the WHO AFRO region free of wild poliovirus, added that his brother is no more being fed with a tube as he has gained consciousness and his speech also being restored gradually.
He assured Nigerians that LASUTH has the facility for any type of healthcare with high-level specialists in all branches of medicine, saying that the workforce is involved in the holistic treatment of all individuals as they are very much into their clients.
In his reaction, Chief Medical Director (CMD) of LASUTH, Prof. Adetokunbo O. Fabamwo, appreciated the cardiologist for his kind words to the workforce of the institution, saying: “The Lagos State Government has paid great attention to LASUTH, and this has fast-tracked our journey into becoming a quaternary healthcare institution. We want Lagosians to be confident in our services, as we are working assiduously to stem medical tourism in the country.”
Funsho has been the Chair of Rotary’s Nigeria National PolioPlus Committee since 2013, and has led polioplus efforts in the country, building upon the work of his predecessors. He has worked alongside Rotarians to raise awareness about the importance of polio immunisation, encouraged governments and public figures to support polio eradication, and served as a vocal leader and advocate for Rotary and its fight to end polio.
He has worked closely with the Global Polio Eradication Initiative partner organisations: the WHO, UNICEF, the U.S. Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and Gavi- the Vaccine Alliance.
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