FMC acquires N2.6bn lands for proposed University of Medicine in Abeokuta

FMC acquires N2.6bn lands for proposed University of Medicine in Abeokuta

The Medical Director of Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Abeokuta, Prof. Adewale Musa-Olomu said the hospital has acquired 170 hectares of lands for the construction of University of Medicine and School of Preliminary Studies.

Prof. Adewale Musa-Olomu announced this at a news conference on Wednesday in Abeokuta to mark his 100 days in office.

He said that the lands worth N2.6 billion was donated by the state government, and located in Obafemi Owode Local Government Area of the state.

“We all know that Federal Medical Centres are established where there are no teaching hospitals.

“There is no way you can get a teaching hospital without having a university where theoretical aspects of medical training will be taught.

“So, in our efforts to ensure FMC, Abeokuta, is upgraded to a teaching hospital, we have acquired 170 hectares of land, courtesy of Ogun State Government, where we will build our medical university and school of preliminary studies.

“Past medical directors of the centre have tried to achieve this upgrade with the Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta (FUNAAB), but the specialisation of the university could not allow it to work,” the Medical Director said.

Musa - Olomu said that with acquisition of the land and the willingness of local and international agencies to support the establishment of the medical university, work will soon commence on the project.

Rheumatism "Arunmọleegun" and Ulcer "Ọgbẹ Inu": Natural cures

Rheumatism "Arunmọleegun" and Ulcer "Ọgbẹ Inu"
: Natural  cures

Rheumatism or rheumatic disorder is an
General term for conditions causing chronic,
often intermittent pains affecting the joints
or connective tissue in a body. So, painful at times, as the patient might not be okay for the long period of time. It at times comes occasionally. It can affect children as well as old people.

How to prepare the herbs.
Natural cure:

1. Egbo or Itakun aidan Toro,
2. Egbo tabi itakun oja ikoko
3. Egbo tabi itaku sapo
4. Egbo tabi Itaku Osan ijaganyin
5. Ewe Osan Ijaganyin
6. Osan ijaganyin
7. Extracted water from
Bitter orange , Seville orange , sour orange is refer to Osan Ijaganyin. N.B: It is not lemon orange.

Get a moulded pot (Ikoko), not stainless or iron pot. Put all these herbs and root inside it, slice Seville Oranges into two or three, put them on the top of the roots and leaves inside the pot. Use Omi ogi to boil the Agbo.
The power behind is you can't just drink it anyhow; you will use a dry bone of fowl or any animal or a bamboo stem with hole, Igi Oniho or egungun oniho (It serves as Straws ) to drink the herbs/Agbo.

Dossage: Drink it in the morning and at night. You can
remove the "osan ijaganyin" and apply/rub it on your defected side.

N.B:  (Water extract from Pap) Ogi is a fermented cereal pudding, made from maize.
The grains/maize are
soaked in water for up to three days, before
wet milling and sieving to remove husks. The
filtered cereal is then allowed to ferment for
up to three days until sour, the water extract on top of it after Ogi settled down is what you need.

Ulcer:

Peel 6 to 8 finger of unripe plantains, pound it smoothly in a clean mortar, then put the pounded plantains into a keg, add 4 litres of water and cover it for 3 days.

Dosage: Drink 1 plastic of 50cl of the extract early in the morning before the breakfast.

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Lassa fever outbreak: 396 contacts under surveillance in Ogun

The Commissioner for Health in Ogun State, Dr. Babatunde Ipaye has said that 396 people who had contact with the victims of Lassa fever have been put under surveillance and close monitoring.

Ipaye said the 396 contacts were given thermometer so as to reading the body temperature time to time, and each of them is attached to each surveillance officer who is to monitor them with phones.

It was reported that the mortuary attendant who worked at Federal medical Center, Idi Aba, Abeokuta died after contacting with the dead Lassa fever victim from Ebonyi State.

Dr. Ipaye then said public should not be unnecessarily panic but they must ensure their environment is clean and maintain personal hygiene. 

Lassa fever kills two people in Ogun

Lassa fever has killed two people, an Assistant Chief Nursing Officer and a Mortuary Attendant in Ogun State.

The death of two health officers of
the Federal Medical Centre (FMC) Abeokuta was recorded on Monday as
the state government said it had taken steps
to create an Isolation Centre to cater for
cases of Lassa fever.

The Commissioner for Health, Dr Babatunde
Ipaye, said this while speaking with newsmen
on Tuesday in Abeokuta.

The commissioner said the ministry in
collaboration with FMC, would quickly set up
an Isolation Centre at the premises to attend
to emergencies of such.

“We are going to immediately create an
Isolation Centre here at FMC to cater for
unexpected cases and emergency on public
health issues like Lassa fever to include other
communicable diseases.

“We have also sent officers out to confirm
the root cause of the cases,’’ the
commissioner said.

Ipaye said a continuous sensitization “is
ongoing on the need for the public to keep
maintaining a high sense of medical and
personal hygiene’’.

“We need to get rid of rats in and around the
house and ensure all food stuff are well
covered at all times and constant hand
washing,’’ he said.