The University College Hospital in Ibadan, Oyo State has been thrown into perpetual darkness because of its inability to settle a monthly electricity bill of N80 million.
The Institution is placed on “band A” tariff structure by the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company.
The lack of power supply is believed to have affected essential services at the hospital, including surgeries, diagnostic tests, and other critical medical procedures.
Meanwhile, patients and their families, yesterday, November 11, staged a protest over the prolonged electricity outage and water shortages, after 17-day in darkness, and still counting.
The protesting patients and their families, who gathered at the hospital premises told the authorities to “stop killing people. People are dying here. The managers are thieves. We need light.”
