The Public Relations Officer of the College Faculty Hospital, Ibadan, Funmi Adetuyibi, has acknowledged that the information and photos on social media of a fireplace outbreak within the hospital are concocted portrayals of the incident that occurred within the hospital on Sunday, September 22, 2024.
Early Sunday morning, PUNCH On-line had sought Mrs Adetuyibi’s response to a narrative by sure on-line mediums regarding a fireplace outbreak in UCH, which went viral on social media.
Reacting to the incident in a launch issued and made out there to our correspondent on Sunda, Adetuyibi stated the incident was not a significant one as was being introduced within the information.
She stated the incident was brought on by a spark on the changeover field on the Drugs Laboratory on the third ground of the hospital, including that the incident didn’t in any manner disrupt the hospital’s actions.
She stated many of the photos of the fireplace outbreak being unfold round had been “NOT photos of the College Faculty Hospital, Ibadan.”
The assertion learn: “The eye of the administration of the College Faculty Hospital, Ibadan, has been drawn to information making the rounds and viral movies on the fireplace incident that occurred within the hospital within the early hours of Sunday, twenty second September 2024.
“Let the very fact be acknowledged as follows that the fireplace incident occurred at about 8.10 am on Sunday, twenty second September 2024. The incident was brought on by a spark on the changeover field on the Drugs Laboratory on the third ground of the Hospital. The hearth outbreak was restricted to the changeover panel in one of many rooms within the laboratory.”
The assertion added that “No main injury was recorded. The hearth was put out instantly by the brave employees of the hospital who had been on the bottom. The Fireplace Service officers additionally arrived on time and rendered wonderful service to assuage the consequences of the outbreak.
“The incident didn’t in any manner disrupt the actions of the hospital. A lot of the photos of the fireplace outbreak being unfold round are NOT photos of the College Faculty Hospital, Ibadan.
“The administration of the hospital, beneath the management of the Chief Medical Director (CMD) Prof Jesse Abiodun Otegbayo, has put in place all crucial measures to forestall such prevalence within the hospital.
“Most people is hereby assured of the security of lives and property within the hospital. The CMD expresses deep appreciation for the assist proven and given to the Hospital always.”