We Have Treated 77,071 Psychiatric Patients In 2022- Lagos Hospital

The Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital Yaba, in Lagos State has disclosed that it has attended to 77,071 psychiatric patients at various out-patient pharmaceutical service points in the hospital.

The Medical Director of the hospital, Dr Olugbenga Owoeye, made this known during the hospital’s presentation of the 2022 Annual Report (A Day with the Medical Director) on Wednesday…Owoeye said that a total of N601.63 million was expended on purchase of medications, which had been robust and purchased through competitive tender process within the period under review.

He said the hospital catered for some indigent patients on admission as a total of 24 indigent patients were catered for and medications worth N1.35 million were dispensed to them.

According to him, the hospital lost three out of the 24 indigent patients within the year under review, saying that these were patients who had been with the hospital for decades.

The medical director noted that the hospital witnessed tremendous physical and infrastructural changes in the last one year, which were made possible with funds from the government through the Federal Ministry of Health.

He explained that major developmental projects were facilitated at different stages and times both in Yaba and Oshodi annex of the hospital, which had greatly improved the pictorial state and aesthetic value of the hospital as well as health service delivery compared to what it was in the past.

He listed some of these projects to include completion of the Administrative building, upgrading of the psychology/psychotherapy building, rehabilitation of hospital wards, construction and remodeling of the Out-Patient clinic, construction of the psychiatric Tele-Psychiatric Centre, among others.