The Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Yaba, has witnessed a 100 percent increase in the number of psychiatric patients admitted to the hospital in 2023.
The Chief Medical Director of the hospital, Dr Olugbenga Owoeye, stated this at the Annual Score Card presentation tagged: “A Day With the Medical Director” organized by the hospital recently in Lagos.
Owoeye said the number of new cases grew by seven percent while there was a three percent increase in the number of follow-up patients.
According to him, the increase in admission cases can be said to be a result of the rising cases of mental health conditions in Nigeria due to the current economic challenges accompanied by other socio-economic factors.
He said: “It can be deduced that in 2023, the total number of all patients attendance increased by three per cent. There was a seven percent increase in new cases attended, compared to no increase in 2022.
“We also have 100 per cent increase in admission cases in which the drug abuse cases is 10 per cent increase and discharge cases is reduced by 10 per cent.”
While talking about the achievements recorded by the hospital within the period under review, Owoeye enumerated the completion of the Administrative building, Yaba, rehabilitation of internal roads and drainages in Yaba and Oshodi annexe of the hospital.
He said other achievements included rehabilitation of hospital wards, Yaba and Oshodi annexe, ongoing construction of work on the tele-psychiatric centre in the hospital, upgrading of the physiotherapy department and ongoing construction work on the Out-patients Clinic in the hospital.
He said: “Under my watch as the medical director, major developmental projects were facilitated at different stages and times both in Yaba and Oshodi annexe which has greatly improved the pictorial state and aesthetics value of the hospital as well as health service delivery compared to what it was in the time past.
“This had been made possible with funds released by the Federal Government for capital projects.”
