The Minister of Power, Chief Adebayo Adelabu, says the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC) will reconnect the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, as soon as agreed conditions are met. The minister disclosed after Monday’s tripartite meeting involving himself with the management of UCH and IBEDC at the hospital complex. Adelabu said the reconnection would occur…

Protesting students of University College Hospital (UCH) Ibadan, on Monday, expressed displeasure to President Bola Tinubu through the Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, over the persistent darkness in the teaching hospital. The angry students decried the over 100 days of darkness in the institution, saying patients are not only dying, but staff of the tertiary…

The public power crisis rocking the University Teaching Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, is taking an embarrassing toll on the flagship tertiary hospital and the public whose wellbeing depends on it.

The management of University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, on Sunday, debunked a report circulating that patients brought generating sets to the hospital to receive healthcare due to power challenges. ‘Funmi Adetuyibi, the Public Relations Officer of the institution, stated this on behalf of the Chief Medical Director (CMD), Prof. Jesse Otegbayo, in a statement made…

College of Medicine students at the University College Hospital (UCH), on Wednesday, staged a peaceful protest over the persistent blackout at the hospital. The protest, supported by the Students Union (SU) of the University of Ibadan (UI), was held as early as 7.00 a.m. The SU president, Bolaji Aweda, said the protest became necessary following…

The University College Hospital (UCH) in Ibadan says a team of its surgeons led by Prof. Olayinka Shittu has successfully performed an intricate procedure to reconstruct a urethral stricture in a 50-year-old patient. Its Public Relations Officer (PRO), Mrs Funmi Adetuyibi, in a statement on Friday in Ibadan said the patient had suffered a pelvic…

The University College Hospital, Ibadan (UCH) has reportedly begged the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC) to return it to Band B, claiming that the tertiary hospital could no longer sustain the N70-80 million monthly bill on Band A.

Leonardo Da Vince, an Italian polymath, was among the first set of people who  conceptualised the idea of a flying object with his design of a “flying machine”, which did not work as envisaged, but signalled the beginning of what we now know as aviation.

The Oyo State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Oluwaserimi Ajetunmobi, Dr. Titilayo Falade of the International Institute for Tropic Agriculture (IITA),  a Consultant Pediatrician at the Institute of Child Health, University College Hospital (UCH), Dr. Folusho Balogun, Kemi Jeje of Community Pot, and others, have called on Nigerians to eat well to have a healthy nation.…

The Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC), on Wednesday, said it was compelled to disconnect the University College Hospital (UCH) over the hospital's significant indebtedness. It would be recalled that the power company had disconnected the health facility on many occasions, the last one was done a couple of weeks ago. In a statement made available…

The University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, has been thrown into total darkness, leaving patients, caregivers, and medical personnel living dangerously. It was reported that the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC) disconnected the hospital from the National Grid two weeks ago, a development that has sparked fears of a potential epidemic, especially as the Mortuary and…

Son of President Bola Tinubu, Seyi Tinubu, through his child and maternal health care intervention initiative, yesterday, commissioned a drug bank for indigent patients at the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan.