The Mushin General Hospital at Oliyide Street in Mushin received dignitaries and stakeholders from the Odiolowo Ojuwoye LCDA to commission block D of the hospital, which was renovated by the LCDA under the leadership of Hon. Rasaq Ajala, the Council Chairman. 

Welcoming the dignitaries to the hospital were the hospital management led by the Medical Director, Dr. Oluyemi Taiwo, who was posted to the facility some months ago and narrated how the renovated building came alive. 

"When I resumed office as the new Medical Director of this facility about three months ago, I went on a familarisation visit to some key stakeholders in Mushin including the Council Chairman of Odiolowo Ojuwoye, Hon. Rasaq Ajala, and presented some of the challenges of the facility to him with a special request to have a dedicated building for eye treatment because I am an ophthalmologist and I want to make my mark here. 

"Upon that request, the Chairman promised to come and see what to do, and here we are today, commissioning the block D building of the hospital renovated by the Council Chairman and it has kicked off specialised eye treatment courtesy of the Chairman, Hon Ajala, which service has commenced since 1st of September 2024," She said. 

The Council Chairman, addressing the people, applauded the M. D of the hospital for the initiative of having a centre for eye treatment which was not available in the facility before now. 

He made it known that in returning the M. D visit to the LCDA, he visited the hospital along with his team to inspect the facility considering her request for the eye centre and the block D was the only building with space and the state of the building is not conducive which the council embarked on renovating the building, making it conducive for the centre. 

"In returning our visit to the Council, we were taken around the facility looking for a space to have the eye centre and the block D building was the only one with a space but in bad condition, and to make it conducive for the eye centre, we renovated the building by changing the roof, ceiling, doors, repaired cracked walls and repainted it," Ajala said. 

He added that in the next three months, what will be celebrated in Mushin General Hospital is the full operation of the ophthalmology section and promised continuous support to the hospital. 

He appealed to the management to find a way to have a centre in the LCDA as one of the three legs of the old Mushin which the hospital stands on without a centre. 

"I want to remind the management of the hospital that the Mushin General Hospital stands on three legs which are Itire, main Mushin ,ad Odiolowo,; out of these three legs, it is only our LCDA that is without a centre from the General Hospital.

"Please look out for where you can have a centre in our LCDA, and I promise, we will give it all the sipport needed, " He said. 

Present with the Council Chairman were the Vice-Chairman Hon Seyi Jakande, Councillors, Supervisors, APC Odiolowo Ojuwoye Party Chairman, Hon. Babatunde Kazeem, APC party leaders and members, the Council-Manager, Council Treasurer, Management, CAN President, Iyaloja General of Ojuwoye and people of Odiolowo Ojuwoye LCDA. 

Also in attendance were Doctor Olawale Adegbite, Director of Medical Services, represented the Permanent Secretary of the Health Service Commission, the Medical Director of Isolo General Hospital, Dr. Oseni Salisu, the Medical Director of Orile-Agege, Dr. Adesola Pitan and others.