As part of efforts towards combating the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in Nigeria, FoodCo Foundation, the Corporate Social Responsibility arm of FoodCo Nigeria Limited, has donated medical equipment to the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, Oyo State.

Eight days after isolation and treatment, Professor Jesse Otegbayo, Chief Medical Director, CMD, of the University College Hospital, UCH, Ibadan, has tested negative for COVID-19.

The Diagnostic Centre at the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, has been certified by the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) and is now functional. Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, who made this known on his twitter handle, said the development would improve turnaround time for testing of the COVID-19. He also stated that […]

Victor Ogunyinka Oyo State governor, Seyi Makinde has announced that the confirmation test for the suspected case of coronavirus at Bodija area of Ibadan has come out positive. Seyi Makinde, in a short thread on Twitter, revealed that the result was released at 17:35 PM of March 21, 2020. Oyo State Public Health Officials are […]

  Victor Ogunyinka The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed Sunday morning three new cases of COVID-19 in Lagos and one in Oyo State making a total number of 26 cases with 2 discharged. NCDC disclosed that “All three cases (COVID-19) were reported in Lagos State, & have travel history to high-risk countries […]

Ola Ajayi – Ibadan Medical consultants in the University College Hospital,  Ibadan, have embarked on an indefinite strike to protest a circular which prescribed acquisition of Ph.D. for clinical lecturers in Nigerian universities. The consultants under the auspices of Medical and Dental Consultants’ Association of Nigeria said the mandatory Ph.D. was not in tandem with […]

AS part of its commitment to the total wellbeing of women, Acces Bank Plc is partnering the University College Hospital, UCH, IVF Centre to provide affordable fertility treatments for the public.

… As RAD-AID Nigeria trains its doctors, nurses in Interventional Radiology By Sola Ogundipe Recently, a group of doctors, nurses and Interventional Radiology technicians for a medical mission with RAD-AID Nigeria were at the University College Hospital, UCH, Ibadan, Oyo State. Their primary purpose was to help improve patient care at the tertiary health institution […]

Prof. Jesse Otegbayo, the Chief Medical Director, University College Hospital, Ibadan, has urged all healthcare professionals to work together to provide quality patient care. Otegbayo, who spoke on the sidelines of the opening ceremony of the 2019 International Nurses’ Week on Monday in Ibadan,  insisted that all healthcare professional groups form a single entity. NAN […]

Prof. Jesse Otegbayo, the Chief Medical Director (CMD), University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, has expressed concern over the mass emigration of doctors to other countries. Otegbayo said this at the inauguration of the renovated Public Relations Department of the hospital on Monday, in Ibadan. According to him, the brain drain plaguing the country’s health sector […]