THE Management of the Alimosho General Hospital, Igando, in the Igando-Ikotun LCDA of Alimosho LGA has said it plans to introduce Electronic Medical Records (EMR) and an e-card system, to help improve its healthcare services.
According to media reports, the hospital’s Chief Medical Director (CMD), Dr Ayodapo Soyinka, stated this during the fifth stakeholders’ meeting held at the premises of the hospital.
He said, “The hospital plans to commence electronic medical records and an e-card system and commission some other projects that will improve the health care of the residents as these would demonstrate the government’s commitment to quality health care delivery.”
He added that it is a mandate from the Lagos State government that residents get qualitative healthcare.
Listing some of the new services of the hospital, Soyinka said the hospital has air, nose, and throat services, urological services, a diabetic clinic, gynaecological endoscopy, and endocrinology services.
“Before I came here, there were services that were not being rendered, and I’ll give you examples of them. If I came here, there was no air, nose, and throat service. Now, we have an ANC consultant; we’re running a full clinic. In fact, the clinic is oversubscribed already. Before I came here, we didn’t have urological services; we have urological services for male problems. We didn’t have a diabetic clinic; now we have a diabetic clinic and there is a building that is dedicated to that.
“We also have endocrinology services. The GI endoscopy is a special test to look inside your intestine and see whether there are issues there and at the same time treat them. We’re doing further endoscopy for women now, gynaecological endoscopy, those were things we were not doing before; we have private wards, and so on and so forth," he said.
Also, the Director of Clinical Service and Training, Dr Jane Bakare, urged the public to build more trust in government facilities.
“We are always glad to receive feedback from our clients and I also want to assure the public that the general hospitals in the state have been well-equipped, developed, and better positioned to meet the health needs of the populace,” she said.
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