Patients and their relatives have protested the unavailability of water and electricity at the University College Hospital (UCH) in Ibadan, Oyo State.
News media, Oyo Affairs disclosed this on Monday in a post it shared on its official X account.
“Patients and some of their families are protesting the unavailability of water and electricity after the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC) disconnected UCH’s power for 17 days,” the post read.
According to the statement, the power outage has affected vital hospital operations like delays in test results and surgeries, among others.
The management of UCH has, according to Oyo Affairs, said that the hospital falls under the “Band A” electricity tariff structure, which requires them to pay N80 million monthly.
