The Department of Medicine, Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) Ikeja, has donated scrubs to doctors of all cadres in the department to ensure compliance with guidelines of Infection Prevention Control on safe healthcare practices and associated infections, especially in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Head of the Medicine Department, Dr. Adebowale Adekoga, said the donation of the scrubs was also to support the hospital in its efforts to curb the COVID-19 pandemic and the need to ensure that hospital protocols are strictly observed.
While acknowledging that the medical department has enjoyed the goodwill of the management, he declared that the staff members would do everything in their capacity to render necessary support to the hospital management.
The Chief Medical Director of LASUTH. Prof. Adetokunbo Fabamwo expressed appreciation of the effort and initiative taken by the department to improve service delivery describing the kind gesture as very important in the battle against infectious diseases.
Fobamwo was elated that the department is still forging ahead in the strides of the founding Professors, who were meticulous and methodological in their approach to manning the department, hoping that other departments would emulate the initiative of the medical department.
The Director of Clinical Services and Training, Dr. Ibrahim Mustafa, in his reaction, commended the donors and encouraged them to set more examples for other departments to follow.
