Category: Health

The management of the General Hospital, Ijede, has refuted the rumour being circulated on some social media platforms that the facility has been shut down because its staff has been infected with COVID-19. It was stated that the viral post is totally untrue and fabricated. The Medical Director/CEO, General Hospital, Ijede, Dr. (Mrs.) Olufunmilayo Bankole, in a statement noted that the facility has not been shut down and that all medical staff have been operating 24-hour service even before the beginning of the second wave of the Coronavirus pandemic in…

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Kunle Adelabu -Warns residents against second wave of COVID 19 pandemic First Permanent Vice Chairman, Lagos State Council of Obas and Chiefs and the Ayangbure of Ikorodu Kingdom, His Royal Majesty, Oba (Engr.) Kabir Adewale Shotobi, has commended the Medical Director/Chief Executive Officer of the General Hospital, Ikorodu, Dr Taiwo Hassan, for quality service delivery and the massive turnaround going on in the hospital. The royal father also commended the state government for providing an enabling environment for staff and patients at the hospital. There have been tremendous changes in…

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Kunle Adelabu The management of the General Hospital, Ikorodu, has continued to look for ways of improving health care delivery to thousands of residents, especially in the area of taking Ikorodu out of the bracket of Local Government with the high death rate of mother and child during pregnancy by gathering major stakeholders to discuss ways forward. Nigeria is currently ranked number two in the world after India in terms of high death rate for pregnancy related deaths. The forum,  tagged, ‘Stakeholder’s meeting on maternal, perinatal and mortality reduction in…

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Our Reporter About 200 residents of Imota Local Council Development Area in Ikorodu Division of Lagos State, Southwest, Nigeria, benefitted from the free medical checkup organized by the Imota Students’ Union (ISU) to kick off its 2020 Students Week. The Imota annex of the Ikorodu General Hospital came alive on Monday (yesterday) as beneficiaries, who were mostly aged citizens, pregnant women, adults, and young people residing in the Imota community, trooped out enmasse to benefit from the medical exercise. The Ranodu of Imota, His Royal Majesty, Oba Mudashiru Ajibade Bakare…

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Wale Jagun Gov. Babajide Sanwo – Olu on Thursday, July 30, 2020, opened O – Care Medical Face Mask factory in Lagos. The factory which is a subsidiary of Transgreen Nigeria Limited, a local manufacturer of medical equipment, such as respirator, ventilator, hand gloves and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), is situated in Odofin Park Estate, Amuwo Odofin Local Government Area of the State, The O-Care face mask is said to be the first certified medical face mask locally produced in Nigeria in line with World Health Organisation (WHO) standards. Sanwo…

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Kunle Adelabu -Girl says she wants to go to school After 14 years that young Imole Wahab, a resident of Ikorodu, has been in darkness due to defects in her eyes from birth, she has finally lived up to her name, ‘lmole’ (which means light), as she regained her sights on Friday, June 26, 2020, after a second successful surgery at the Ajayi Medical Centre, sponsored by the Ikorodu Diamond Lions Club. The first surgery, which corrected the left eye, was conducted about two weeks ago (specifically on Tuesday, June…

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Kunle Adelabu The new Medical Director of the General Hospital, Ikorodu, Dr Taiwo K. Hassan, has been charged by the Ayangbure of Ikorodu Kingdom and the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health, Lagos State, to take the hospital to greater heights. Dr Taiwo Hassan, on Thursday, June 11,2020, took over the leadership of the General Hospital, Ikorodu, as the new Medical Director/Chief Executive Officer from Dr (Mrs) Adenike Odubiyi who retired same day. The new MD/CEO adopted a new name, “Omobowale’ during the ceremony marking his official resumption. It was a…

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