Workers of Federal Teaching Hospital Ido Ekiti (FETHI), Ekiti State, have hailed the outgoing Chief Medical Director (CMD) of the hospital, Prof Adekunle Ajayi.
The workers attributed the improved service delivery and positive health outcomes in the facility in the last eight years to high morale occasioned by adequate welfare, provision of equipment and infrastructural development.
The staff members, comprising doctors, nurses, health and administrative workers, hailed the CMD for what they called his exemplary leadership, which had transformed the facility into a true beacon of quality healthcare services.
Ajayi, a Professor of Medicine, will bow out of office later this year on completion of his second term in office as CMD of the tertiary health facility.
The Chairman, Medical Advisory Committee (CMAC) of the hospital, Dr Olagoke Erinomo, said FETHI had been repositioned under Ajayi with the huge achievements in the delivery of its three mandate areas - clinical services, training and research.
Erinomo, who is the Head of the Directorate of Clinical Services and Training, FETHI, said: "Prior to 2018, as a hospital, this place was doing poorly. Patients had lost confidence in us, our patient turnover was low, and patients' satisfaction was also poor. That was because of a lot of factors: human resource factor, staff attitude, motivation, availability of necessary equipment and consumables.
"But when Prof. Ajayi came on board in 2018, he came specifically with an agenda for repositioning the hospital, particularly to regain its corporate identity as a hospital of choice not only in Ekiti State, but in this country and beyond".
The CMAC listed the CMD's interventions to include massive infrastructural development, staff recruitments, training and retraining of staff and huge investment in the acquisition of the necessary and required equipment.
A consultant chemical pathologist and focal Nodal Officer for SERVICOM, Dr Ahmed Jimoh, said that the Ajayi-led management had brought a lot of changes to the hospital and had done a lot to improve the quality of service delivery in the institution.
FETHI Director of Works and Services, Engr Dada Adedayo, praised Ajayi for his achievements in the hospital's infrastructural developments, especially in resolving the epileptic power supply and water scarcity challenges. "Today, electricity supply has improved tremendously and the hospital wards and offices now have 24 hours water supply.
The Chairman, Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria (MDCAN) in FETHI, Dr Omotola Obajulowo, lauded the Ajayi-led management for ensuring ease of practice and ease of solving problems, which availability of world class equipment at the various clinics and units enabled.