President Muhammadu Buhari has inaugurated the Institute of Maternal and Child Health, otherwise referred to as “Ayinke House”.
The facility is located in the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, LASUTH, Ikeja.
The inauguration is part of the assignments the president is scheduled to carry out in his one-day working visit to Lagos.
The president unveiled the plague and cut the tape before carrying out a tour of the facility.
In his company was his host, Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State.
Among others present at the occasion were Governors Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State; Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State; Rotimi Akerodolu of Ondo State and Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State.
An excited Ambode said the facility would bring about world class childbirth and maternal care services to the people of Lagos State and Nigeria in general.
He said the facility was donated 29 years ago by the Late Sir Mobolaji Bank-Anthony to Lagos State Government, in memory of his mother, Ayinke.
That informed the name of the facility, “Ayinke House”.
Ambode said in view of the overwhelming demand which the facility could no longer cope with, the Lagos State government under former governor, Babatunde Fashola, resolved to expand it.
“Today, seven years after the closure of the facility, the new edifice is now a 170-bed facility with five surgical theatres.
“It has a 16-bed emergency care unit with three organ support facilities, 30-bed special baby care unit, five neo-natal intensive care units, a fully equipped laboratory with support services, laboratories and a blood bank.
“Beyond the significance for the health sector, this institute is a major contribution to our education sector also; as it becomes a veritable platform for our medical students in the State University to enhance their exposure and experience with the top-class medical equipment provided,” Ambode said.
He added that the facility had been totally digitalised with state-of-the-art medical equipment and information technology services.
