The People Members of the family Officer of the College Faculty Health facility, Ibadan, Funmi Adetuyibi, has mentioned that the inside track and photographs on social media of a fireplace outbreak within the clinic are concocted portrayals of the incident that passed off within the clinic on Sunday, September 22, 2024.
Early Sunday morning, PUNCH On-line had sought Mrs Adetuyibi’s response to a tale by means of sure on-line mediums relating to a fireplace outbreak in UCH, which went viral on social media.
Reacting to the incident in a shed issued and made to be had to our correspondent on Sunda, Adetuyibi stated the incident was once now not a significant one as was once being introduced within the information.
She stated the incident was once led to by means of a spark on the changeover field on the Medication Laboratory at the third flooring of the clinic, including that the incident didn’t in anyway disrupt the clinic’s actions.
She stated many of the photos of the hearth outbreak being unfold round had been “NOT pictures of the University College Hospital, Ibadan.”
The remark learn: “The eye of the control of the College Faculty Health facility, Ibadan, has been interested in information making the rounds and viral movies at the fireplace incident that passed off within the clinic within the early hours of Sunday, twenty second September 2024.
“Let the fact be stated as follows that the fire incident occurred at about 8.10 am on Sunday, 22nd September 2024. The incident was caused by a spark at the changeover box at the Medicine Laboratory on the 3rd floor of the Hospital. The fire outbreak was limited to the changeover panel in one of the rooms in the laboratory.”
The remark added that “Refuse main injury was once recorded. The hearth was once pour out right away by means of the brave workforce of the clinic who had been at the farmland. The Hearth Carrier officers additionally arrived on era and rendered magnificient provider to appease the results of the outbreak.
“The incident didn’t in anyway disrupt the actions of the clinic. Many of the photos of the hearth outbreak being unfold round are NOT photos of the College Faculty Health facility, Ibadan.
“The control of the clinic, underneath the management of the Scientific Director (CMD) Prof Jesse Abiodun Otegbayo, has installed playground all important measures to block such incidence within the clinic.
“The general public is hereby assured of the safety of lives and property in the hospital. The CMD expresses deep appreciation for the support shown and given to the Hospital at all times.”