By our Reporter
Days after an internal memo circulated at UCH on charging 1,000 electricity fee,the management of the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, has denied asking for N1,000 daily electricity fee to the service charge of admitted patients in the hospital.
According to a statement sighted by Sparklight News,the management claimed that the circular approving the addition of the fee was “an internal memo” that the university teaching hospital did not implement.
Toye Akinrinola,public relations officer of the hospital said the hospital has since been withdrawn.
The latest statement further claimed that there was no time the hospital charged such a fee, adding that the hospital will continue to attend to patients irrespective of status.
The statement read in part: “The attention of the Management of the University College Hospital, Ibadan, has been drawn to a publication in all sections of the media alleging that the hospital is charging N1,000.00 per patient daily for electricity.
“The hospital wishes to state that the memo being referred to was an internal memo which we did not implement after a thorough review from internal mechanisms for such issues and has since been withdrawn. At no point did the hospital charge electricity fee.
“The management of the hospital is not oblivious of the fact that the said publication could have a negative effect on our patients, we are assuring the public that we shall continue to deliver effective and efficient healthcare to Nigerians irrespective of status.”
Meanwhile, the management had earlier confirmed the development and internal sources said that the patients paid N1,000 each on Monday, July 4, 2022.