UCH in Ibadan
UCH Ibadan makes U-turn on proposed N1000 electricity bill levy on patients
University College Hospital (UCH) Ibadan, in Oyo State, has denied demanding a N1,000 electricity bill fee as service charge on every admitted patient in the facility, saying, however, the decision has been shelved.
The tertiary hospital had in an internal memo dated June 21, 2022, leaked to the media, proposed N1000 utility bill to be added to the service charge of patients seeking to access care in the hospital.
A statement made available in Ibadan by the hospital’s spokesperson, Mr Toye Akinrinlola quoted the
Director of Administration of UCH, Mr Stephen Oladejo, as saying that there was never a time the hospital charged such fee.
It said that there was no time the hospital charged such fee, and that it was more concerned with adequate healthcare delivery to Nigerians.
It said the memo being referred to was an internal document which was not implemented after a thorough review from internal mechanisms for such issues and had since been withdrawn.
The statement said at no point did the hospital charge electricity fee.
“We are assuring the public that we shall continue to deliver effective and efficient healthcare to Nigerians, irrespective of status,” he said.
Oladejo reiterated the commitment of the hospital to delivery optimal healthcare services to the many patients who thronged the hospital daily.
According to him, the hospital has been magnanimous on several occasions by writing off unpaid medical bills.
“It is also important to state that the University College Hospital does not turn back patients and that on several occasions, had written off bills incurred by indigent patients.
“Our doors are always open for people to cross check our activities,” he said.
