UUTH CMD Emem Bassey was reappointed

Prof. Emem Abasi Bassey has been reappointed by President Muhammadu Buhari to serve a second and last term as the Chief Medical Director of the University of Uyo Teaching Hospital, UUTH, in Akwa Ibom State.

On Thursday, shortly after giving journalists a tour of the hospital’s grounds and holding a news conference in Uyo, the state capital, Prof. Bassey informed them of this.

The CMD listed his accomplishments over the last four years, including improvements to clinical services, infrastructure development, facility facelifts, and departmental renovations. He expressed gratitude to President Buhari for considering him deserving of reappointment.

“Almost all the buildings we encountered on the ground are at various stages of completion, and some are already done,” he claimed.

Completed and furnished GOPD The radio diagnostics (CT Scan) facility is now complete. The laboratory building that we first encountered at the earthing level is now finished. The structure for the molecular laboratory is finished.

The CMD urged the State government, the NDDC, and other corporate organizations to help them in order to maintain a flawless service delivery, lamenting that despite all the successes thus far, power supply remained the hospital’s largest difficulty.

“Power is a significant difficulty we face; I have made an effort to discuss power. Unfortunately, because of the terrible quality of the public power, we have had to operate generators exclusively to power the hospital. This costs a lot of money. Every month, we use roughly 1,500 liters of diesel, which now costs between N850 and N900 per liter. The amount of money we spend each month can be estimated by multiplying 1500 liters of diesel by 850, or N900.

“This hospital spends more than 40% of its revenue on power alone, which is a major contributor to the service difficulties we face. This is a cry for help; we require assistance. We do not request financial assistance; rather, we only ask that any intervention programs already in place, such as the NDDC and the Akwa Ibom State government, proceed. “We are serving Akwa Ibom people; 95% of our patients are primarily Akwa Ibom people,” the man said.

The CMD also criticized the facility’s high rate of theft and vandalism despite the presence of security guards and recommended them to do a better job doing their duties.