By Morenike Oluwatoyin
Authorities of the University College Hospital, UCH, have said that there is no cause for alarm as the fire incident that affected part of the hospital earlier today, Saturday, has been put off.
The UCH Chief Medical Director, Professor Abiodun Otegbayo, in an interview with journalists shortly after the incident, explained that the fire services were called upon to put off the inferno immediately the incident occurred.
He said: “Immediately the incident started, the authorities alerted three different fire services, which quickly mobilized their resources and rushed to the scene to put off the inferno, and the operation was successful.”
Otegbayo added that, contrary to speculation, no patient was trapped in the inferno, which affected part of the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and one of the theatres.
The authorities, however, assured relatives and families of patients that everything is under control and services have since commenced through immediate alternative arrangements.
