19/06/2023
General Hospital Badagry Injects Fresh Breath In Accidents and Emergency Care
The Management of the General Hospital Badagry is poised to deliver improve and memorable experience for accident victims and emergency patients, as it injected a fresh breath into its accidents and emergency treatments with the opening of its newly renovated and upgrade of Accidents and Emergency Centre in the hospital.
The Medical Director/CEO, Dr. Olatunde Bakare directed the opening of the new Centre to commence immediate operation almost a fortnight ago, after its successful completion and stock of medical equipment needed, including other electronic appliances for a smooth take- off, actually commenced on Friday, 9th June, 2023.
Due to increase in the number of accidents and emergency cases which partly was arisen from bunkering and over speeding on the roads, the Management contended with several casualty cases that informed its decision to go on renovation and expansion of the Centre, and consequently relocated its accident and emergency patients between December 2020 and January, 2021 to the Orthopedic Clinic.
Before the relocation and before its Maternal and Child Centre (MCC) was created by the State Government, the Centre had attended to different emergency cases such as; medical emergency, children emergency, pregnant emergency, gynecology emergency, and surgical emergency, so far the cases are emergencies.
However, with the existence of the Maternal and Child Centre (MCC), Obstetrics and Gynecology cases and Paediatric emergencies became the responsibilities of the Maternal and Child Centre (MCC).
While, the new upgrade Accidents and Emergency Centre now attends mainly to adult emergency cases, and these include medical and surgery emergencies, and the Centre is meant to stabilize this category of patients within twenty –four hours, after which they are transfer to either the male or female ward for continuing medical examinations and medications until they are safe for discharge from the hospital.
The Centre has four sections and separate procedural room to treat wound dressing, injections and catheterization. These sections are; triage, male, female and suturing –RTA. The last is used for patients with assault cases
Finally, the Centre is equipped with ten bed spaces and five couches, Patient’s Lockers, Doctors’ Call Room, Nurses Call Room, Storage Section, Air-Conditioners, and Ceiling Fans.
Reuben Hopo
Head of Unit (Public Affairs)
