FETHI CMD Guarantees Patients Access To Quality Healthcare

On Thursday, Professor Adekunle Ajayi, the Chief Medical Director of the Federal Teaching Hospital, Ido-Ekiti (FETHI), Ekiti State, gave his assurance that patients who have been admitted into the hospital would have unfettered access to quality healthcare services.

He disclosed this while welcoming members of the Online Media Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, Ekiti Council, who came on a courtesy visit to his office.

The CMD said that the hospital was established to give quality treatment to patients, adding that initiatives put in place by the management, in conjunction with relevant stakeholders, include “Indigent Patients Fund, Ward initiatives, hospital infrastructure development, and capacity building initiatives meant to assist health workers to deliver on their duties and responsibilities.”

Prof. Ajayi added that the hospital management is committed to quality healthcare services and that there is sufficient equipment to cater to diverse patients.

He said, “I want to assure all our patients and the public that we will continue to improve on service delivery and to make sure that we save more lives. I want to commend the Federal Government for its intervention in providing all the needed equipment” he stated.

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The FETHI CMD further explained that the inability of some patients to pay hospital bills after treatment prompted the indigent initiatives, where staff, members of the public, and philanthropists, pulled resources together to offset the medical bills of such patients.

While speaking about onward initiative, the CMD maintained that eminent personalities visited the hospital and built wards and they maintained them for efficient service delivery.

On infrastructure development, the CMD revealed that people donated equipment, buildings and materials for the hospital use, while the management and staff were trained and retrained for excellent performances in their various fields for capacity building.

He lauded the versatility of the online media platforms and expressed the readiness of the hospital to partner with the chapel. He advised them not to be biased in the dissemination of news stories, especially the negative ones, and to always confirm news authenticity.

“We are here to look into the areas of partnership. The Online platform is fast, compared to electronic and print. You can share your news using various social media platforms and everybody will read the news anywhere in the world.”